Challenge

Wangari Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mark Horton kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Spencer Jenkins got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Ştefan Bobeica came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Club Vertigo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ştefan Bobeica couldn't finish the play. Gigi Chifu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Horton in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Spencer Jenkins left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wangari Maathai Forest fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 17th minute, Mark Horton ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gigi Chifu was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. A collision led to Club Vertigo getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Petrică Dumitrescu hit a great ball. Mark Horton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Simon Andrews received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gigi Chifu came out and tried to block the shot, but Simon Andrews slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 28th minute. After 31 played minutes Club Vertigo got a freekick which was hit by Ştefan Bobeica. Gigi Chifu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mark Horton's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Mark Horton notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of Club Vertigo's Gigi Chifu. Gigi Chifu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 42 minutes, Mark Horton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Wangari Maathai Forest's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mark Horton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gigi Chifu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mark Horton showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-0 in the 44 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ştefan Bobeica to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Club Vertigo's goal looked a bit too open when Roy Smith came free, but Gigi Chifu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mark Horton took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gigi Chifu. Gigi Chifu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-0. If Ştefan Bobeica had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Fell made in the 60th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Simon Andrews immediately put the ball in play. In the 61st minute, Mark Horton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wangari Maathai Forest fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Mark Horton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gigi Chifu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Andrews in the 66th minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, Wangari Maathai Forest's Spencer Jenkins made it 8-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gigi Chifu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Mark Horton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gigi Chifu was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 72nd minute, Spencer Jenkins made a precise shot to the right of Gigi Chifu. Club Vertigo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. A throw-in in the 75th minute of the game was made by David Fell with Mark Horton as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Smith in the 77th minute of play forced Club Vertigo's goalkeeper Gigi Chifu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Simon Andrews advanced and headed the ball into goal, 10-0 in the 79th minute. The throw-in from Stephen Beddows in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Club Vertigo's Damian Tirulescu. Simon Andrews scored 11-0 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gigi Chifu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Roy Smith had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 92 minutes into the match, Club Vertigo's goal looked a bit too open when Spencer Jenkins came free, but Gigi Chifu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute Mark Horton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gigi Chifu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.