Federation Clash Challenge

Old Trafford
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) After 2 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Taisto Pentsinen made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Angelo Peruzzi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eero Uusipaavalniemi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Angelo Peruzzi made a huge save. 22 minutes into the match, Borussia Dortmund MZB's Oséias Palmeira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Oséias Palmeira in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edwin van der Sar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A nice corner shot did that Eero Uusipaavalniemi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Angelo Peruzzi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséias Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Borussia Dortmund MZB were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Manchester United FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Clarence Seedorf took the corner. The corner ended in Clarence Seedorf almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar did a great save. Angelo Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oséias Palmeira in the 36th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Peruzzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 37th minute of play. Angelo Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 43rd minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Washington de Lara during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Borussia Dortmund MZB getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Washington de Lara hit a great ball. Angelo Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdemar Kuoppala in the 47th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valdemar Kuoppala stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Angelo Peruzzi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davide Beckham, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After 60 minutes Borussia Dortmund MZB's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eero Uusipaavalniemi who took care of the corner kick. Alfred Laulaja was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 62 minutes in the game Markus Vähäsavo did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Gary Neville. Edwin van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Blasi in the 64th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Blasi in the 64th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséias Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After having played for 74 minutes, Luis Blasi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Borussia Dortmund MZB's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Blasi 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 74th minute Luis Blasi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Angelo Peruzzi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute of the match, Oséias Palmeira tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Edwin van der Sar saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Angelo Peruzzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taisto Pentsinen in the 82nd minute of the match. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oséias Palmeira, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Borussia Dortmund MZB's Gernando Pernambucano was substituted for Oséias Palmeira. The audience was convinced that Gernando Pernambucano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edwin van der Sar was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. Manchester United FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.