Challenge

FC Circus Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jim Mitchell took the kick off in the first half of the match. Biddle Crawford made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Dalton in the 4th minute of play. Biddle Crawford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Dalton, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. If Michael Dalton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Biddle Crawford made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hylton Brookes in the 18th minute of play. Biddle Crawford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hylton Brookes, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 19th minute 12. Stronghold were awarded a corner. Jim Mitchell went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on 12. Stronghold's corner Hylton Brookes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Biddle Crawford quite easily take care of the ball. 卓岩适 did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Christopher Love 22 minutes into the match. A collision led to FC Circus getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Bernardino Argi hit a great ball. When Hylton Brookes came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the 12. Stronghold 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 Hylton Brookes couldn't finish the play. In the 33rd minute, Cesar Maraman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christopher Love was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Biddle Crawford showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michael Dalton, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 40th minute Jim Mitchell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Biddle Crawford saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 卓岩适 blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christopher Love having to make a save. 46 minutes into the match, Jim Mitchell had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Biddle Crawford. FC Circus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jim Mitchell was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After the first half 12. Stronghold were leading 2-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when 卓岩适 made the kick off in the second half. Jim Mitchell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Biddle Crawford tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adolphe Van Linthoudt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Christopher Love tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12. Stronghold's Hylton Brookes got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in FC Circus's zone, Michael Dalton stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Biddle Crawford came out of the goal and Michael Dalton tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 60 minutes into the match, 12. Stronghold's goal looked a bit too open when 卓岩适 came free, but Christopher Love reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Christopher Love showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cesar Maraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Hylton Brookes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Biddle Crawford tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christopher Love made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adolphe Van Linthoudt in the 69th minute of play. Adolphe Van Linthoudt scored 3-3 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christopher Love, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 81 minutes into the match, Michael Dalton notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of FC Circus's Biddle Crawford. Biddle Crawford was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 83 played minutes FC Circus got a freekick which was hit by Adolphe Van Linthoudt. After a rather tough play, 12. Stronghold's Chris Randall got a free kick in the 85th minute. Timothy Watson hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. When Kyle Hay fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 12. Stronghold's protests and gave Kyle Hay a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, 12. Stronghold's Kyle Hay got a free kick in the 92nd minute.