Federation Clash Challenge

Wittbach
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Wittbach SSA's Daniel Bentkowski got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 7th minute, Jacinto de Lara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PIRATAS TFP fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Antônio Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Motowski in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the game, Jacinto de Lara cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ján Oblak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 16th minute of the match Wittbach SSA got a corner. PIRATAS TFP's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Marcin Mentis ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Wittbach SSA's corner Nikos Vourlis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Antônio Borges quite easily take care of the ball. After 17 minutes, Nikos Vourlis made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. PIRATAS TFP's Antônio Borges tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ján Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto de Lara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ján Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerson de Barros in the 29th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Jacinto de Lara notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Wittbach SSA's Ján Oblak. Ján Oblak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. PIRATAS TFP's Antônio Borges proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save PIRATAS TFP from getting a goal against them. Wittbach SSA's Ján Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clemente Pires in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto de Lara in the 38th minute of play forced Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 42 played minutes Wittbach SSA got a freekick which was hit by Szymon Pyrzyce. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Jacinto de Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot. PIRATAS TFP's supporters rose to their feet, but Jacinto de Lara was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ján Oblak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jacinto de Lara hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jacinto de Lara stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jacinto de Lara might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ján Oblak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jacinto de Lara ran back to his position shaking his head. 51 minutes into the match, Wittbach SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Jacinto de Lara came free, but Ján Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacinto de Lara struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Ján Oblak didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for PIRATAS TFP. The supporters of PIRATAS TFP booed when Wittbach SSA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcin Mentis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Wittbach SSA's zone, Jacinto de Lara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ján Oblak came out of the goal and Jacinto de Lara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Wittbach SSA's Ján Oblak got control of the ball when Jacinto de Lara tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 72nd minute Grzegorz Motowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antônio Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antônio Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aarre Rautee in the 78th minute of play. The Wittbach SSA supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching PIRATAS TFP's performance. The match ended with a win for PIRATAS TFP.