Federation Clash Challenge

CLAYMORE CITY
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Henk Veerman kicked off to start the match. After 6 minutes of play, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Henk Veerman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eduardo Martini was left in no man's land by his defense there! Henk Veerman's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eduardo Martini read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Özbek Karahan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Eduardo Martini read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 20th minute of play. Cihan Zafer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lu Yuan Chen, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. The throw-in from Blas Bernal in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Corné van Basten. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Yuan Chen in the 26th minute of play forced ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goalkeeper Cihan Zafer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Eduardo Martini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henk Veerman in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Caroll Baskin hit a great ball. Eduardo Martini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henk Veerman, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

In the 54th minute Lu Yuan Chen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cihan Zafer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s goal looked a bit too open when Dusty Amireau came free, but Cihan Zafer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind CLAYMORE COUNTRY's goalkeeper Eduardo Martini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cihan Zafer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilbert Bonsaint, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. With a little luck, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Eduardo Martini got control of the ball when Henk Veerman tried to sneak it across the goal line. CLAYMORE COUNTRY made a substitution. Harold Straetmans replaced Dusty Amireau. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Ahmet Ceyhan Erozan was substituted for Sun Kun Bing. Cihan Zafer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Yuan Chen in the 70th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's goal looked a bit too open when Henk Veerman came free, but Eduardo Martini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Filip Mussies got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute, Filip Mussies hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Henk Veerman got free with Eduardo Martini in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 82 minutes into the match, Henk Veerman notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Eduardo Martini. Eduardo Martini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► made a substitution. Lukasz Wietrzychowski replaced Özbek Karahan. ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Gürkan Gurko was substituted for Güney Özboga. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Anísio Azevedo was slow to take the kick. During this time CLAYMORE COUNTRY's players had a chance to rest. 90 minutes into the game, ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐►'s Hasan Bağış nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eduardo Martini made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Eduardo Martini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lukasz Wietrzychowski in the 93rd minute of play. The ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ◄▌Anatolia Athletic▐► would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.