Federation Clash Challenge

Jorge Luis Hirschi
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Peter Crouch kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elpidio Francis in the 6th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Horacio Librado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Branislav Velchevski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 15thth minute of the game Eber Melivilu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng got control of the ball when Arnaldo Gabon tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA were awarded a corner. Miguel Prosperi went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Miguel Prosperi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Qin Fan Sheng quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 43rd minute Horacio Librado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Branislav Velchevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elpidio Francis was the one to do the kick off. Arnaldo Gabon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Qin Fan Sheng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Qin Fan Sheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Gabon in the 59th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 61st minute of play. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximino Eztebe in the 80th minute of play. Branislav Velchevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximino Eztebe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the ZORZAL01 defense, Elpidio Francis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Qin Fan Sheng. The ZORZAL01 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Qin Fan Sheng should have stopped the shot. 88 minutes into the game, Cornelio Bastia threw the ball into play from the sideline. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Arnaldo Gabon quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Branislav Velchevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Maximino Eztebe put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Branislav Velchevski. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.