Federation Clash Challenge

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Helge Brun made the kick off and thus started the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Eleven Nation Army's Viggo Lundkvist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Shawn Gascoigne. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Pierre Frizzell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qian Xing Wei having to interfere. Shawn Gascoigne came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Eleven Nation Army's Helge Brun. But to his dismay, Helge Brun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. If Helge Brun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Helge Brun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Helge Bruns short, quick shot in the 17thth minute got Shawn Gascoigne to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Reg Granville hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 22 minutes into the match, Viggo Lundkvist dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Shawn Gascoigne, 3-0. The audience was convinced that Viggo Lundkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Shawn Gascoigne was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Qian Xing Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nathan Nightingale in the 28th minute of play. Helge Brun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Viggo Lundkvist had several of the Strood United's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 34 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Shawn Gascoigne as he didn't even see the shot coming. Shawn Gascoigne was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Helge Brun showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-0 in the 43 minute of play. Qian Xing Wei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre Frizzell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nathan Nightingale to strike the kick off in the second half. Rhys Crowther's late challenge caught a Eleven Nation Army's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rhys Crowther helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th minute, Rhys Crowther hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute, Helge Brun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shawn Gascoigne was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 60 minutes into the match, Strood United's goal looked a bit too open when Viggo Lundkvist came free, but Shawn Gascoigne reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Viggo Lundkvist managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eleven Nation Army's supporters rose to their feet, but Viggo Lundkvist was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shawn Gascoigne breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shawn Gascoigne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viggo Lundkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Eleven Nation Army's Alexander Vedholm got a free kick in the 68th minute. Qian Xing Wei made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Pierre Frizzell sent off a good shot on target. Helge Brun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shawn Gascoigne having to interfere. Strood United's Shawn Gascoigne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Helge Brun in the 74th minute of play. Pierre Frizzell's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 76thth minute, Qian Xing Wei skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 77th minute, Viggo Lundkvist made a precise shot to the right of Shawn Gascoigne. Strood United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. With his leg Qian Xing Wei managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Strood United's Pierre Frizzell fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Shawn Gascoigne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Helge Brun in the 86th minute of the match. Shawn Gascoigne showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Helge Brun, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. After 90 played minutes Strood United got a freekick which was hit by Jermaine Hutchings. Shawn Gascoigne made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Åke Ekelund in the 91st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Strood United's Ray Lovett got a free kick in the 92nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 93rd minute of play forced Strood United's goalkeeper Shawn Gascoigne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shawn Gascoigne showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viggo Lundkvist in the 94th minute of the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Eleven Nation Army fully deserved thier win.