Federation Clash Challenge

Thunders Field
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Grigore Stătescu's late challenge caught a International Thunders's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Grigore Stătescu helped the player get up and apologised. Grigore Stătescu kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tibor Bäuschlein in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bogdan Lobonț saved Emerald from getting behind. Emerald's defense didn't have a chance, in the 15th minute, when Tibor Bäuschlein scored to the left of an out of position Bogdan Lobonț, making the score, 1-0. In the 18th minute of the match, Rodrigo Ferdinand got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bogdan Lobonț was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Emerald's Bogdan Lobonț proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. Bogdan Lobonț made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when 冯亦思 sent off a good shot on target. Bogdan Lobonț made an important save on a dangerous shot by 冯亦思 in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loukianos Staikos in the 25th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper Bogdan Lobonț to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Piţurcă blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thorsten Ternes having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 27th minute of play forced International Thunders's goalkeeper Thorsten Ternes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Victor Piţurcă came free, but Thorsten Ternes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 minutes International Thunders's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Julio Iglesias who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of International Thunders's goalie and right to Jaime Carioca. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. International Thunders's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 39th minute, Victor Piţurcă 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. In the 43rd minute, Jaime Carioca 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. Thorsten Ternes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Carioca, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. In the 48th minute Jaime Carioca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thorsten Ternes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Loukianos Staikos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Emerald booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tibor Bäuschlein didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Rodrigo Ferdinand's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bogdan Lobonț was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. The supporters of International Thunders booed when Emerald was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. 朱风俊 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bogdan Lobonț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Victor Piţurcă in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Thorsten Ternes, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. International Thunders's Percival Costa was substituted for Loukianos Staikos. In the 74th minute of the match Carlo Gerick shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bogdan Lobonț showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ferdinand came free, but Bogdan Lobonț reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emerald's Bogdan Lobonț played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nichifor Borăscu in the 82nd minute of play. Bogdan Lobonț showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand in the 83rd minute of the match. Bogdan Lobonț showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Ferdinand, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 87 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when International Thunders's Tibor Bäuschlein fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 90thth minute of the game Rodrigo Ferdinand who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Emerald's Bogdan Lobonț was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bogdan Lobonț made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tibor Bäuschlein in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Victor Piţurcă made a precise shot to the right of Thorsten Ternes. International Thunders's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. When the match clock showed 97 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Percival Costa sped through Emerald's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bogdan Lobonț. There was no doubt that International Thunders were the better team. International Thunders's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.