Federation Clash Challenge

Arena Escarlate
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fausto Mendonça made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the match, Scarlet Speedster's goal looked a bit too open when Acácio Nogueira came free, but Naldo Proença reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Wallin kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Acácio Nogueira in the 16th minute of play forced Scarlet Speedster's goalkeeper Naldo Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fausto Mendonça. The crowd rose to their feet as Raigo Vananurm kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ni Le Zheng. That made the score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. 40 minutes into the game, Tomas Wallin threw the ball into play from the sideline. AC Batán's Gong Feng quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 41st minute, Fausto Mendonça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Fausto Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. Scarlet Speedster's supporters rose to their feet, but Fausto Mendonça was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ni Le Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 47th minute José Carlos da Silveira 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Scarlet Speedster's Jens-Ove Eriksson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gong Feng, made in the 52nd minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Acácio Nogueira got free with Naldo Proença in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Acácio Nogueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Acácio Nogueira got free with Naldo Proença in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 60 minutes into the match, AC Batán's Acácio Nogueira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Naldo Proença narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Scarlet Speedster's Tomas Wallin got a free kick in the 61st minute. Gong Feng's late challenge caught a Scarlet Speedster's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gong Feng helped the player get up and apologised. In the 66th minute, Fausto Mendonça made a precise shot to the right of Ni Le Zheng. AC Batán's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After 68 played minutes Scarlet Speedster got a freekick which was hit by Raigo Vananurm. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Acácio Nogueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Batán's supporters rose to their feet, but Acácio Nogueira 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. In the 72nd minute Fausto Mendonça 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. Tomas Wallin made in the 79th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by AC Batán's Gong Feng. 79 minutes into the game, Váldson Bittencourt threw the ball into play from the sideline. AC Batán's Cristo Serapio quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Naldo Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cido Cardozo in the 80th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, Cido Cardozo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Naldo Proença. Scarlet Speedster's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cido Cardozo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 89 minutes into the match, Cido Cardozo notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Scarlet Speedster's Naldo Proença. Naldo Proença was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.