Challenge

Rodney Seaman Park
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arty Eightman got the match started through his kick off. O. M. G. DaRush made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhuo Le Kun in the 4th minute. Eduard Seen's late challenge caught a Clue Team Challenge 2024's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eduard Seen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th minute, Eduard Seen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Robby The Rancher in the 9th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Thornhill City's Sima Ignjatović. Thornhill City's Vidosav Joksimović played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arty Eightman in the 13th minute of play. After 14 minutes of play, Clue Team Challenge 2024's Azure Meadow made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vidosav Joksimović was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Thornhill City getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Zhuo Le Kun hit a great ball. Zhuo Le Kun recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With an all-out effort, Thornhill City's O. M. G. DaRush threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zhuo Le Kun, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Eduard Seen was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 27 minutes had been played. Eduard Seen kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Vidosav Joksimović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arty Eightman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute, Zhuo Le Kun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. O. M. G. DaRush was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 47thth minute of the game Arty Eightman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Thornhill City's Vidosav Joksimović was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Thornhill City made a substitution. Husein Ognjanović replaced Boris Minović. Thornhill City's Radoman Karaičić was substituted for Zhuo Le Kun. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Radoman Karaičić made a kick off. Vidosav Joksimović took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arty Eightman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 played minutes Thornhill City got a freekick which was hit by Miloš Đurković. Miloš Đurković hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Clue Team Challenge 2024's Arty Eightman got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vidosav Joksimović made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Arty Eightman sent off a good shot on target. Thornhill City's Lu Xing Hong was substituted for Miroslav Kulić. A collision led to Thornhill City getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Siniša Ognjanović hit a great ball. Clue Team Challenge 2024's Joaquin Fiat was substituted for Arty Eightman. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joaquin Fiat in the 77th minute of play forced Thornhill City's goalkeeper Vidosav Joksimović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Vidosav Joksimović managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Clue Team Challenge 2024's Joaquin Fiat fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, Clue Team Challenge 2024's Whiskers McFish got a free kick in the 81st minute. O. M. G. DaRush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radoman Karaičić in the 86th minute of play. Azure Meadow fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vidosav Joksimović having to interfere. In the 92nd minute of the match, Joaquin Fiat tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vidosav Joksimović saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 94th minute Joaquin Fiat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vidosav Joksimović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Clue Team Challenge 2024 were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.