Federation Clash Challenge

Fighters Stadion
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dinu Bocu got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in PHOENIX SC's zone, Gianni Balla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ray Clemence came out of the goal and Gianni Balla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hanung Sephtianda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavlos Konstantakakis having to interfere. Gianni Balla received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ray Clemence came out and tried to block the shot, but Gianni Balla slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frederico Hendrickx in the 14th minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Pavlos Konstantakakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dinu Bocu got free with Ray Clemence in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 19 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's goal looked a bit too open when Frederico Hendrickx came free, but Pavlos Konstantakakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavlos Konstantakakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samai Asmawan, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After some careless play in the Hamburg Fighters defense, Samai Asmawan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pavlos Konstantakakis. The Hamburg Fighters fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pavlos Konstantakakis should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Hamburg Fighters booed when PHOENIX SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frederico Hendrickx didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, PHOENIX SC's Ray Clemence got control of the ball when Dinu Bocu tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianni Balla in the 28th minute of play forced PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Ray Clemence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frederico Hendrickx sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavlos Konstantakakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samai Asmawan in the 31st minute of the match. Ray Clemence showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinu Bocu, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Ray Clemence showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianni Balla, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute, Attila Toldi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Hamburg Fighters getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Wieslaw Obuchowicz hit a great ball. Hanung Sephtianda might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pavlos Konstantakakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hanung Sephtianda ran back to his position shaking his head. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Frederico Hendrickx to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Hanung Sephtianda dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Pavlos Konstantakakis, 1-2. 60 minutes into the match, PHOENIX SC's goal looked a bit too open when Gianluca Balla came free, but Ray Clemence reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. PHOENIX SC's Ray Clemence played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianluca Balla in the 63rd minute of play. The supporters of PHOENIX SC booed when Hamburg Fighters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gianni Balla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ray Clemence didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gianluca Balla went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianni Balla in the 86th minute of play forced PHOENIX SC's goalkeeper Ray Clemence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Brandon Rick left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hamburg Fighters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. After 91 played minutes Hamburg Fighters got a freekick which was hit by Maicon Fonseca. 94 minutes into the match, PHOENIX SC's goal looked a bit too open when Gianni Balla came free, but Ray Clemence reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gianluca Balla kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.