Federation Clash Challenge

Korolev
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fitz Lambley took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Fitz Lambley managed to get in a good position for a shot. Garlic Eaters's supporters rose to their feet, but Fitz Lambley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pahom Nikiforov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pahom Nikiforov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pierre Blair, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mai Li Cheng came free with the goalkeeper in the 13th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Nikolay Bonkov could save by the left post. Nikolay Bonkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Kostadinov in the 14th minute of the match. Pahom Nikiforov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre Blair, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Pahom Nikiforov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerry Cheeseman in the 24th minute of play. Pahom Nikiforov came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Garlic Eaters's Fitz Lambley. But to his dismay, Fitz Lambley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Nikolay Bonkov made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Maadan Lăcătuș sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emil Kostadinov in the 32nd minute of play forced Garlic Eaters's goalkeeper Nikolay Bonkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th match minute, True storY was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mai Li Cheng to maneuver through the defense. Nikolay Bonkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emil Kostadinov in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind True storY's goalkeeper Pahom Nikiforov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 43rd minute Gerry Cheeseman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pahom Nikiforov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Gerry Cheeseman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pahom Nikiforov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Emil Kostadinov was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Garlic Eaters getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. İbrahim Efe Altunbaş hit a great ball. Pahom Nikiforov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pierre Blair went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Greg Gavan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pahom Nikiforov. That made the score 1-4 in the 60 minute of play. Pahom Nikiforov had great luck who in the 68thth minute grab hold of the ball when Gerry Cheeseman from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. If Mai Li Cheng had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pahom Nikiforov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerry Cheeseman in the 73rd minute of play. Nikolay Bonkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Kostadinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 79 minutes, Pierre Blair managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Garlic Eaters's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pierre Blair was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 81st minute Emil Kostadinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikolay Bonkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Greg Gavan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emil Kostadinov might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nikolay Bonkov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Emil Kostadinov ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Garlic Eaters defense, Emil Kostadinov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikolay Bonkov. The Garlic Eaters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikolay Bonkov should have stopped the shot. Nikolay Bonkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 张超骏 in the 92nd minute of the match. The corner ended in Maadan Lăcătuș almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Garlic Eaters's Nikolay Bonkov did a great save. The True storY fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Garlic Eaters were clearly better and deserved to take the win.