Federation Clash Challenge

Oswaldo Zubeldía
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oscar De León got the match started through his kick off. Chuan Cintron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tang Yang Le in the 3rd minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Robin Sharma successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Chuan Cintron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karol Panasewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chuan Cintron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tang Yang Le in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 10th minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Chuan Cintron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Mountain State's Robin Sharma proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Blue Mountain State from getting a goal against them. Blue Mountain State's Robin Sharma played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oscar De León in the 27th minute of play. In the 37th minute Atlético Municipal were awarded a corner. Claude Sena went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Atlético Municipal's corner Claude Sena fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robin Sharma quite easily take care of the ball. Robin Sharma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andoni Viguri in the 39th minute. The supporters of Blue Mountain State booed when Atlético Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andoni Viguri didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Atlético Municipal's Oscar De León slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Robin Sharma. That made the score 1-0 after 46 minutes of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karol Panasewicz made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oscar De León in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Robin Sharma saved Blue Mountain State from getting behind. The Blue Mountain State fans' excitement grew in the 54th match minute when Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Chuan Cintron took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tang Yang Le, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Gökcan Bergin replaced Turgut Şimşek. In the 67th minute Willie Colon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robin Sharma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robin Sharma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claude Sena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 73 minutes into the match, Blue Mountain State's goal looked a bit too open when Oscar De León came free, but Robin Sharma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Robin Sharma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar De León, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robin Sharma didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Willie Colon went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Atlético Municipal made a substitution. Gau Resto replaced Andoni Viguri. In the 82nd minute George Popescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chuan Cintron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chuan Cintron didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Blue Mountain State's Lionel-Andrés Messi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The supporters of Blue Mountain State booed when Atlético Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Willie Colon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 89th minute, Afşar Uçuk left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blue Mountain State fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Lionel-Andrés Messi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Chuan Cintron tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Blue Mountain State eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.