Federation Clash Challenge

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niklas Lundqvist made the kick off which started today's match. If Karl-Åke Andreasson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 3 minutes into the match, StraX Xenon FC's goalkeeper Mattias Olofsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karl-Åke Andreasson. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by StraX Xenon FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ni Zhen Ying was slow to take the kick. During this time The Shadows's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Herbert Holmgren got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mattias Olofsson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Bastian Von Axelson kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Niklas Lundqvist's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Mattias Olofsson firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 15 minutes StraX Xenon FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ni Zhen Ying who took care of the corner kick. 17 minutes into the match, The Shadows's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Hellqvist came free, but Marcos Basso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jonas Hellqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Basso was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. Marcos Basso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Torbjörn Brummer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th minute, Torbjörn Brummer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcos Basso was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 21 minutes into the match, The Shadows's goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Hellqvist came free, but Marcos Basso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to StraX Xenon FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Villiam Johnsson hit a great ball. Bastian Von Axelson took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mattias Olofsson. Mattias Olofsson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. When The Shadows's Niklas Lundqvist in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye StraX Xenon FC's goalie prevented a goal. Mattias Olofsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 30th minute of the match. With his leg Mattias Olofsson managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when The Shadows's Bastian Von Axelson fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Pelle Smedfeldt hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Bastian Von Axelson kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Bastian Von Axelson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Mattias Olofsson made a huge save. After having played for 42 minutes, Torbjörn Brummer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. StraX Xenon FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Torbjörn Brummer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. StraX Xenon FC's Mattias Olofsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wen Rong Feng in the 45th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Niklas Lundqvist in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mattias Olofsson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Holmgren in the 50th minute of play forced StraX Xenon FC's goalkeeper Mattias Olofsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mattias Olofsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herbert Holmgren in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rdth minute of the game Niklas Lundqvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StraX Xenon FC's Mattias Olofsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mattias Olofsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bastian Von Axelson in the 62nd minute of the match. Mattias Olofsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 63rd minute of the match. When The Shadows's Niklas Lundqvist in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye StraX Xenon FC's goalie prevented a goal. The Shadows made a substitution. Torgny Söderström replaced Wen Rong Feng. The Shadows's Ni Yu Feng was substituted for Li Fei Xu. Pelle Smedfeldt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 77 minutes, Niklas Lundqvist made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. StraX Xenon FC's Mattias Olofsson tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 82 minutes StraX Xenon FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ni Zhen Ying who took care of the corner kick. Mattias Olofsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niklas Lundqvist in the 88th minute of the match. The Shadows's Marcos Basso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joacim Andersson in the 89th minute of play. When Joacim Andersson, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 90 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Marcos Basso was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Marcos Basso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Hellqvist in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94th minute, Bastian Von Axelson made a precise shot to the right of Mattias Olofsson. StraX Xenon FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. The Shadows were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of StraX Xenon FC for a fine match.