Federation Clash Challenge

TONY STARK ARENA
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cai Wei Xi made the kick off which started today's match. Concetto Trasatti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 8 minutes in the game Cai Wei Xi did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kong Xuan Feng. In the 13th match minute, Estudiantes de América was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kert Roolaid to maneuver through the defense. In the 14th minute Cai Wei Xi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Ranolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xove Tijerina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Concetto Trasatti in the 18th minute of play. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tala Bosques del Jaure's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maximo Dei was slow to take the kick. During this time Estudiantes de América's players had a chance to rest. Estudiantes de América's Traian Blăniță was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Xove Tijerina in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Estudiantes de América were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Tala Bosques del Jaure's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Maximo Dei took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Prospero Gabirel managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Xove Tijerina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Concetto Trasatti in the 27th minute of play. Marcos Ranolfo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kong Xuan Feng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Tala Bosques del Jaure's Kong Xuan Feng got a free kick in the 31st minute. When Mihai Popean fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tala Bosques del Jaure's protests and gave Mihai Popean a yellow card for diving instead. Mihai Popean hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute, Maximo Dei 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. When Cai Wei Xi came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Tala Bosques del Jaure fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cai Wei Xi couldn't finish the play. Traian Blăniță recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Joel Cordarrel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Estudiantes de América's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Cordarrel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Xove Tijerina breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 44 minutes into the match, Joel Cordarrel dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Xove Tijerina, 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 50 played minutes Tala Bosques del Jaure got a freekick which was hit by Armando Carcedo. Xove Tijerina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Concetto Trasatti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Napoleon Lewicki in the 59th minute of play forced Estudiantes de América's goalkeeper Marcos Ranolfo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cai Wei Xi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Ranolfo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Xove Tijerina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Cordarrel in the 65th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Estudiantes de América's zone, Cai Wei Xi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcos Ranolfo came out of the goal and Cai Wei Xi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Estudiantes de América made a substitution. Kraig Fred replaced Concetto Trasatti. Tala Bosques del Jaure made a substitution. Edinson Rodríguez replaced Cai Wei Xi. Edinson Rodríguez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Marcos Ranolfo made a huge save. Cornelio Ruisko's late challenge caught a Tala Bosques del Jaure's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cornelio Ruisko helped the player get up and apologised. After 87 played minutes Estudiantes de América got a freekick which was hit by Cornelio Ruisko. In the 90th minute Kraig Fred shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xove Tijerina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Tala Bosques del Jaure's Edinson Rodríguez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcos Ranolfo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1.