Federation Clash Challenge

The Balaang Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dan Kjellman started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Hummerfiskarna's Andrea De Toro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Harvey Davies. That made the score 1-0 after 4 minutes of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrea De Toro in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Harvey Davies prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Kjellman in the 21st minute of play forced Hummerfiskarna's goalkeeper Holger Mattsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Hummerfiskarna's Andrea De Toro in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Bal op het Dak's goalie prevented a goal. Andrea De Toro blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Harvey Davies having to make a save. Andrea De Toro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Harvey Davies made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in FC Bal op het Dak's zone, Andrea De Toro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Harvey Davies came out of the goal and Andrea De Toro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hummerfiskarna's Arnaldo Queirós was substituted for Andrea De Toro. Arnaldo Queirós might have been able to make a better finish in the 38th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Harvey Davies. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arnaldo Queirós ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute Arnaldo Queirós shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harvey Davies saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Tomas Gorbea in the 40th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC Bal op het Dak's Joop Meder. Harvey Davies made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnaldo Queirós in the 44th minute. 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 Arnaldo Queirós stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Arnaldo Queirós managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hummerfiskarna's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnaldo Queirós was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Harvey Davies breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Hummerfiskarna defense, Dan Kjellman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Holger Mattsson. The Hummerfiskarna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Holger Mattsson should have stopped the shot. FC Bal op het Dak's José Luis Brown was substituted for Válbson Almeida. Hummerfiskarna's attentive Florin Răducioiu managed to snatch the ball when Cobus Harding made a throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arnaldo Queirós in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Harvey Davies saved FC Bal op het Dak from getting behind. When FC Bal op het Dak's Martijn August in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hummerfiskarna's goalie prevented a goal. Harvey Davies showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Queirós in the 74th minute of the match. Hummerfiskarna made a substitution. Bennvar Maradona replaced Bjarte Paul. FC Bal op het Dak's Aristides Gombal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Bennvar Maradona, made in the 82nd minute of the game. Bennvar Maradona got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Arnaldo Queirós. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.