Federation Clash Challenge

Ciudad de Batán
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fausto Mendonça kicked off to start the match. In the 12th minute Raigo Vananurm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Le Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ni Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raigo Vananurm in the 32nd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Mendonça came free, but Ni Le Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Martinez made in the 38th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Scarlet Speedster's Ryszard Janiczek. 41 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Mendonça came free, but Ni Le Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 46 minutes into the game, Acácio Nogueira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. AC Batán's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Scarlet Speedster the free kick. A collision led to AC Batán getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Acácio Nogueira hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Acácio Nogueira made a kick off. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Scarlet Speedster's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gong Feng was slow to take the kick. During this time AC Batán's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in José Carlos da Silveira heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Mendonça in the 69th minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Wallin to maneuver through the defense. Naldo Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Acácio Nogueira in the 75th minute of play. AC Batán's Cido Cardozo was substituted for Acácio Nogueira. In the 78th minute of the match AC Batán got a corner. Scarlet Speedster's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cristoforo Di Ruscio ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cido Cardozo might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Naldo Proença. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cido Cardozo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 83rd minute Cido Cardozo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Naldo Proença saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Naldo Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cido Cardozo in the 89th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Cido Cardozo managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Batán's supporters rose to their feet, but Cido Cardozo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naldo Proença breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The throw-in from Lautaro Martinez in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Scarlet Speedster's Edward Krzynowek. When the referee ended the match the AC Batán players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.