Federation Clash Challenge

255. Miroslav Klose
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Peter Blomkvist started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Estevão Reis in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicasio Abad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Estevão Reis in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicasio Abad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Estevão Reis hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Egun Zapico proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ from getting a goal against them. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ahmet Demircioğlu took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Joel Enekoitz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Egun Zapico quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Estevão Reis in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nicasio Abad saved Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ from getting behind. Joel Enekoitz was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 17th minute. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Burak Orkan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Timoteo Fiz, made in the 21st minute of the game. In the 22nd minute Estevão Reis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicasio Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Burak Orkan in the 27th minute. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Burak Orkan in the 32nd minute of play. Berkan Tufan made in the 34th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Blas Frances. Peter Blomkvist scored 1-0 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Egun Zapico, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 46th minute, one of Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥. Nicasio Abad had in the 47thth minute some difficulties stopping Estevão Reis's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 47 minutes of play, ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Estevão Reis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicasio Abad was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Estevão Reis to make the kick off. Burak Orkan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nicasio Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Burak Orkan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Estevão Reis in the 71st minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Pietro Salles notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Egun Zapico. Egun Zapico was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Sergio Saturno was substituted for Joel Enekoitz. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥ made a substitution. William Lebigot replaced Kosmas Banasopoulos. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ made a substitution. Erkan Fişek replaced Burak Orkan. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan was substituted for Estevão Reis. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Pietro Salles sped through ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Egun Zapico. ṨOḰᾋḰ ĿᾋṂϐᾋṨἿ ™ﻨ made a substitution. Olcay Orkun Gökekin replaced Şeray İhtiyar. 88 minutes into the match, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Messi came free, but Nicasio Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Şenol Akbaba in the 89th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicasio Abad prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mehmet Hakkı Kuthan in the 94th minute of play forced Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s goalkeeper Nicasio Abad to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 96 minutes, William Lebigot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s supporters crossed their fingers, but William Lebigot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Egun Zapico showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pietro Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. With a little luck, Monterrey ante el Mundo⛥'s Nicasio Abad got control of the ball when Olcay Orkun Gökekin tried to sneak it across the goal line.