Federation Clash Challenge

Pier Luigi Penzo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tito Ramírez got the match started through his kick off. After 10 played minutes FK Željezničar got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Maquibar. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Angel Guillelmus managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezia FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Angel Guillelmus was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigoris Koufakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 13 minutes into the match, Nelson Mandela notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Venezia FC's Roberto Abbondanzieri. Roberto Abbondanzieri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roberto Abbondanzieri came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by FK Željezničar's Šemsudin Kamber. But to his dismay, Šemsudin Kamber quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Roberto Abbondanzieri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaid Šuman, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 27 minutes of play, FK Željezničar's Nelson Mandela made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Roberto Abbondanzieri was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 31 minutes, Olaf Modliszewski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezia FC and the FK Željezničar players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Venezia FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Olaf Modliszewski hit a great ball. After the first half FK Željezničar were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nelson Mandela stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Pastor Soter was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 51 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Venezia FC's Tito Ramírez got a free kick in the 54th minute. Roberto Abbondanzieri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Šemsudin Kamber in the 58th minute of play. FK Željezničar were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Venezia FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Šemsudin Kamber took the corner. 66 minutes into the match, Thibau Van Mellaert had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grigoris Koufakis. FK Željezničar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thibau Van Mellaert was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Roberto Abbondanzieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaid Šuman in the 69th minute of the match. Grigoris Koufakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thibau Van Mellaert in the 71st minute of the match. Venezia FC's Roberto Abbondanzieri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikola Bogdanović in the 75th minute of play. Roberto Abbondanzieri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kaid Šuman in the 78th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikola Bogdanović got free with Roberto Abbondanzieri in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikola Bogdanović got free with Roberto Abbondanzieri in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Roberto Abbondanzieri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaid Šuman in the 85th minute of the match. Nikola Bogdanović could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Roberto Abbondanzieri made a huge save. Roberto Abbondanzieri was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Šemsudin Kamber showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 94 minute of play. FK Željezničar made a substitution. Adi Jusufović replaced Nelson Mandela. FK Željezničar's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.