Federation Clash Challenge

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Emiliano Lesardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Estudiantes de Merida FC's Wuilker Fariñez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gaskon Sominaya in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute Emiliano Lesardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guter Viladrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Estudiantes de Merida FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Maicon Brodel in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in AFC Viola Gigliati's zone, Honorio Lario stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Guter Viladrosa came out of the goal and Honorio Lario tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. AFC Viola Gigliati's Guter Viladrosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emiliano Lesardo in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute Emiliano Lesardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guter Viladrosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emiliano Lesardo took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Guter Viladrosa. Guter Viladrosa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Guter Viladrosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emiliano Lesardo in the 24th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's Gaskon Sominaya sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wuilker Fariñez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's Gaskon Sominaya sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Wuilker Fariñez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Guter Viladrosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emiliano Lesardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tartalo Godoy kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Guter Viladrosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from René Descartes, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Estudiantes de Merida FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of AFC Viola Gigliati:s goal. AFC Viola Gigliati's attentive Evarado Parada managed to snatch the ball when Bladimir Morales made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44th minute, Emiliano Lesardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Estudiantes de Merida FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 46 played minutes Estudiantes de Merida FC got a freekick which was hit by Garci Vaz. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind Estudiantes de Merida FC's goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gaskon Sominaya to make the kick off. Gaskon Sominaya's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wuilker Fariñez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorio Lario in the 58th minute of play forced AFC Viola Gigliati's goalkeeper Guter Viladrosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the game, Maicon Brodel threw the ball into play from the sideline. AFC Viola Gigliati's Tartalo Godoy quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaskon Sominaya in the 61st minute of play forced Estudiantes de Merida FC's goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the AFC Viola Gigliati defense, René Descartes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guter Viladrosa. The AFC Viola Gigliati fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guter Viladrosa should have stopped the shot. In the 74th match minute, Estudiantes de Merida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Blagoy Gardakov to maneuver through the defense. AFC Viola Gigliati's Reinaldo Briceño was substituted for Gaskon Sominaya. After a rather tough play, Estudiantes de Merida FC's Blagoy Gardakov got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 76th minute of the match Bertran Castejon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wuilker Fariñez showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Briceño in the 87th minute of play forced Estudiantes de Merida FC's goalkeeper Wuilker Fariñez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Estudiantes de Merida FC made a substitution. Marcelino Quinten replaced Emiliano Lesardo. After a rather tough play, Estudiantes de Merida FC's Bladimir Morales got a free kick in the 89th minute. Estudiantes de Merida FC's Wuilker Fariñez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertran Castejon in the 90th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Reinaldo Briceño put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Wuilker Fariñez. 95 minutes into the match, Estudiantes de Merida FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Moita came free, but Wuilker Fariñez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th minute, Jairo Moita made a precise shot to the right of Wuilker Fariñez. Estudiantes de Merida FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. Estudiantes de Merida FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.