Federation Clash Challenge

SUN CITY STADIUM
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Artūras Ronaldo started the match with the kick off. A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Güvenç Altunç hit a great ball. Xurdin Ibanez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislaw Trojanowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabian Serradell kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Stanislaw Trojanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xurdin Ibanez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Arturo Brownell came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the FC COSA NOSTRA 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 Arturo Brownell couldn't finish the play. El Pasteral F.C's Xurdin Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Güvenç Altunç in the 30th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Güvenç Altunç's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xurdin Ibanez was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Artūras Ronaldo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Xurdin Ibanez came out and tried to block the shot, but Artūras Ronaldo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 35th minute. Erikas Mikoliūnas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arximiro Unzueta went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 43rd minute, El Pasteral F.C's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Avraam Chiotis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Through an outstanding action, after 46 minutes, Xurdin Ibanez successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Arximiro Unzueta was the one to do the kick off. Xurdin Ibanez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Güvenç Altunç in the 53rd minute of the match. Fabian Serradells short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Erikas Mikoliūnas to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 62 minutes into the match, El Pasteral F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Güvenç Altunç came free, but Xurdin Ibanez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Güvenç Altunç in the 63rd minute of play forced El Pasteral F.C's goalkeeper Xurdin Ibanez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC COSA NOSTRA's zone, Fabian Serradell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erikas Mikoliūnas came out of the goal and Fabian Serradell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zhou Zhan Liang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erikas Mikoliūnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Serradell in the 77th minute of play. El Pasteral F.C's Xurdin Ibanez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhou Zhan Liang in the 79th minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Zhou Zhan Liang made a precise shot to the right of Xurdin Ibanez. El Pasteral F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 87th minute of the game. One of FC COSA NOSTRA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of El Pasteral F.C:s goal. FC COSA NOSTRA:s Erikas Mikoliūnas showed great skill when he stopped Elias Pinto:s penalty. Fabian Serradell scored 2-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erikas Mikoliūnas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.