Federation Clash Challenge

St Johns Wood
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sílvio Veiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Peter Crouch left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZORZAL01 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Symba's goalie prevented a goal. ZORZAL01 were awarded a corner in the 9th minute after Symba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavel Nedvěd took the corner. 12 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Amine Ziadi. An unexpected shot in the 16th minute by Tacettin Umay got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 21st minute, Symba's Tacettin Umay ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Qin Fan Sheng. Qin Fan Sheng yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Luis Javier Frost kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Peter Crouch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anis Achour was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Symba's Anis Achour played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Librado in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Veiga in the 28th minute of play forced ZORZAL01's goalkeeper Qin Fan Sheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anis Achour narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Anis Achour made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. In the 37th minute, Peter Crouch left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ZORZAL01 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Peter Crouch recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 42ndth minute of the game Peter Crouch who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Symba's Anis Achour was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After some careless play in the Symba defense, Peter Crouch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anis Achour. The Symba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anis Achour should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horacio Librado got free with Anis Achour in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ZORZAL01's Natan Vercalsteren suffered a sprained foot after 57 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Amine Ziadi's late challenge caught a ZORZAL01's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amine Ziadi helped the player get up and apologised. ZORZAL01's Ladislao Lekubegi was substituted for Natan Vercalsteren. In the 58th match minute, Symba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amine Ziadi to maneuver through the defense. ZORZAL01's Horacio Librado got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Symba defense, Peter Crouch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anis Achour. The Symba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anis Achour should have stopped the shot. When Symba's Tacettin Umay in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ZORZAL01's goalie prevented a goal. 69 minutes into the game, Tacettin Umay cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-7. Qin Fan Sheng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Symba's Anis Achour got control of the ball when Peter Crouch tried to sneak it across the goal line. A throw-in in the 74th minute of the game was made by Sadok Sfar with Tacettin Umay as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Anis Achour made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Crouch in the 76th minute. After 77 minutes, Millrick Moya mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ZORZAL01 and the Symba players grew even worse after the yellow card. Peter Crouch's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anis Achour read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 80th minute of play. ZORZAL01's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pavel Nedvěd in the 81st minute. In the 83rd minute, Peter Crouch reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anis Achour. The goal made the score 2-8. Qin Fan Sheng came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Symba's Tacettin Umay. But to his dismay, Tacettin Umay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-8. ZORZAL01 played a much better game than Symba and deserved their victory. The Symba players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.