Federation Clash Challenge

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hector-Luis Arzola made the kick off which started today's match. Ren Xi Chen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Zacarias Cabrero made a huge save. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind April 25 SC's goalkeeper Sergio Romero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by April 25 SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. José Macías was slow to take the kick. During this time Azul Y Plomo's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of April 25 SC's goalie and right to Nicolas Diniz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. April 25 SC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 11th minute, Hector-Luis Arzola left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Azul Y Plomo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Azul Y Plomo's Zacarias Cabrero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Azul Y Plomo from getting a goal against them. Zacarias Cabrero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramiro James in the 20th minute of play. Ren Xi Chen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Zacarias Cabrero made a huge save. 26 minutes into the match, Hector-Luis Arzola had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sergio Romero. April 25 SC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hector-Luis Arzola was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 29th minute, April 25 SC's Ramiro James ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zacarias Cabrero. Zacarias Cabrero yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. In the 35th minute of the game Färhad Cämilov made a throw-in which Antoni Augustyn played forward. The April 25 SC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Azul Y Plomo were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ren Xi Chen to make the kick off. Sergio Romero didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diaz Mota went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. 59 minutes into the match, Azul Y Plomo's goal looked a bit too open when Ramiro James came free, but Zacarias Cabrero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zacarias Cabrero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mieszko Trac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 70 played minutes Azul Y Plomo got a freekick which was hit by Diaz Mota. The supporters of April 25 SC booed when Azul Y Plomo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diaz Mota didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 72 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Mieszko Trac sped through Azul Y Plomo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zacarias Cabrero. Azul Y Plomo's Leo Matute was substituted for Hector-Luis Arzola. With an all-out effort, Azul Y Plomo's Sergio Romero threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from José Macías, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 87th minute Latif Biçim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, Azul Y Plomo's Latif Biçim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sergio Romero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. A collision led to Azul Y Plomo getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Manolo Area hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Latif Biçim's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sergio Romero was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.