Federation Clash Challenge

Ruse Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dimitar Berbatov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marcin Zworski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Totyo Popisakov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. After 13 minutes Crusaders of Dark's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Olaf Rawa who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Olaf Rawa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Totyo Popisakov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Zworski in the 15th minute of the match. Totyo Popisakov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Innar Laaneloog in the 17th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Innar Laaneloog in the 18th minute of play forced Crusaders of Dark's goalkeeper Totyo Popisakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's Eivind Lundemo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sunday Niedziela narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 22 minutes into the match, Emalia Olkusz's goalkeeper Sunday Niedziela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitar Berbatov. Dimitar Berbatov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sunday Niedziela having to make a save. Sunday Niedziela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitar Berbatov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Innar Laaneloog's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Totyo Popisakov was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. In the 32nd minute, Marcin Zworski 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. Totyo Popisakov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Innar Laaneloog in the 34th minute of play. Totyo Popisakov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Innar Laaneloog, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 42nd match minute, Crusaders of Dark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dochko Razpopov to maneuver through the defense. In the 43rdth minute of the game Innar Laaneloog who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Crusaders of Dark's Totyo Popisakov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 44th minute, Stein Jamieson 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Innar Laaneloog in the 47th minute of play forced Crusaders of Dark's goalkeeper Totyo Popisakov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Innar Laaneloog stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dimitar Berbatov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Crusaders of Dark's Eivind Lundemo got a free kick in the 54th minute. Marcin Zworski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Totyo Popisakov came out and tried to block the shot, but Marcin Zworski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 56th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dimitar Berbatov in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sunday Niedziela saved Emalia Olkusz from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Dimitar Berbatov put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sunday Niedziela. In the 66th minute of the match, Innar Laaneloog tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Totyo Popisakov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 66 minutes into the match, Innar Laaneloog had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Totyo Popisakov. Crusaders of Dark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Innar Laaneloog was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Marcin Zworski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Totyo Popisakov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. In the 76th minute Marcin Zworski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Totyo Popisakov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 77 minutes into the match, Crusaders of Dark's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Zworski came free, but Totyo Popisakov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Totyo Popisakov had great luck who in the 84thth minute grab hold of the ball when Marcin Zworski from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Sunday Niedziela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitar Berbatov in the 86th minute of the match. After 91 minutes, Viden Belovezhdov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crusaders of Dark and the Emalia Olkusz players grew even worse after the yellow card. After recieving a nice pass, Emalia Olkusz's Olaf Rawa tried to score from far away in the 92nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Flint Stone made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Crusaders of Dark's Viden Belovezhdov. When the final whistle sounded Emalia Olkusz left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Crusaders of Dark.