22nd ANC 2007 Day 2 Report
Groups 3 and 4 played their first matches on Sunday. In the first match, Poland accounted for Romania by 2 goals to nil. Both goals came in the second half, but not before both sides had had a goal disallowed for offside. Romania had the better of the chances until midway through the second half, when they were temporarily down to ten men because of the blood rule. Poland took advantage and scored the decisive first goal and a second soon after.
Macedonia beat Hungary 3-1 in the next match. Macedonia took an eleventh minute lead but Hungary got the equaliser just before the interval. With the game seemingly headed for a draw, Macedonia scored twice in the last ten minutes to grab the win. Racovski scored a double for the winners.
A highly competitive match between England and Chile followed, with both sides boasting a number of Premier League players. Before Chile could blink they were a goal down in 1 minute 38 seconds, Metcalfe being the scorer. England had the better of the first half, but they conceded possession in the second half and Chile attacked for most of this period. They had chances but over elaborated in the wet conditions and it looked as though England would hold out. That was until the very last attack of the game when the ball was not cleared from defense and Olea was on hand to stab the ball home at the second attempt. The final whistle blew immediately the game re-started.
Last year’s winner, Serbia handed out a 12 goal thumping to Hong Kong in the last game of the day. Six goals in each half was a fair measure of the Serb’s dominance. Gordan Mrdic bagged 5 goals and Goran Zoric three as goals flowed at a constant rate.
Round Two of the Group Stage takes place next Saturday and Sunday. |
