Federation Clash Challenge

ZORZAL01
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ekber Merdan made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the game, Pavel Nedvěd was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ZORZAL01's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Huns the free kick. Pavel Nedvěd kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After 12 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vintilă Murgu was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute Ekber Merdan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qin Fan Sheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th minute The Huns were awarded a corner. Andre Huyterhoeven went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to The Huns's Ekber Merdan getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Peter Crouch blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vintilă Murgu having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 29th minute of play forced The Huns's goalkeeper Vintilă Murgu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vintilă Murgu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peter Crouch went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZORZAL01's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andre Huyterhoeven was slow to take the kick. During this time The Huns's players had a chance to rest. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Peter Crouch was the one to do the kick off. Ekber Merdan might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Qin Fan Sheng. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ekber Merdan ran back to his position shaking his head. Qin Fan Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ekber Merdan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute Peter Crouch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vintilă Murgu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute of the match ZORZAL01 got a corner. The Huns's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavel Nedvěd ran over to the corner to take the kick. Peter Crouch might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vintilă Murgu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Peter Crouch ran back to his position shaking his head. Vintilă Murgu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute, Ekber Merdan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Huns fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Qin Fan Sheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ekber Merdan, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miroslaw Pazura in the 75th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peter Crouch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Horacio Librado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd match minute, The Huns was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Scott Martindale to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Scott Martindale in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ZORZAL01's Cornelio Bastia. In the 91st minute, Scott Martindale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd match minute, The Huns was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Răzvan Gorjanu to maneuver through the defense. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.