Federation Clash Challenge

Sconvols Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Edmondo Gervasi made the kick off and thus started the match. Ciccio Stella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdir Vieira in the 5th minute of play. Edmondo Gervasi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Ismael de Queiroz made a huge save. After 9 minutes, Giovani Sanches mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pragmáticos 1903 and the Sconvols United players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Pragmáticos 1903 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovani Sanches to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giovani Sanches in the 13th minute of play forced Sconvols United's goalkeeper Ciccio Stella to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Pragmáticos 1903's Tales da Rocha got a free kick in the 17th minute. Mădălin Nicolau kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Ciccio Stella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovani Sanches in the 22nd minute of play. In the 26th minute, Edmondo Gervasi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sconvols United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 31 minutes into the game, when Luizinho Zonta put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 31st minute of the game. One of Pragmáticos 1903:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sconvols United:s goal. After 37 minutes of play, Pragmáticos 1903's Yuri Leite made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciccio Stella was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ulysses Almeida's late challenge caught a Sconvols United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ulysses Almeida helped the player get up and apologised. After 43 played minutes Pragmáticos 1903 got a freekick which was hit by Ulysses Almeida. In the 48th minute, Erivaldo da Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Yuri Leite stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ciccio Stella was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Giovani Sanches capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Giovani Sanches really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. Yuri Leite came free with the goalkeeper in the 61st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Ciccio Stella could save by the left post. Ciccio Stella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdir Vieira, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Giovani Sanches's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciccio Stella was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. Ciccio Stella was a little too slow when Giovani Sanches got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 2-4. In the 70th minute of the match, Giovani Sanches tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ciccio Stella saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 73rd minute, Carmine Gagliano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th match minute, Sconvols United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Vinci to maneuver through the defense. After 75 played minutes, Pragmáticos 1903's Ulysses Almeida shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ciccio Stella came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pragmáticos 1903 reached it. When Carmine Gagliano fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sconvols United's protests and gave Carmine Gagliano a yellow card for diving instead. Carmine Gagliano hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Ciccio Stella took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giovani Sanches, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th match minute, Pragmáticos 1903 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erivaldo da Cunha to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdir Vieira got free with Ciccio Stella in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mădălin Nicolau kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Ulysses Almeida 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. The Pragmáticos 1903 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.