Federation Clash Challenge

Ricardo Garviras
Spectators: 48 (Terracing: 37, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Romão Mourato started the match with the kick off. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Nestor Giro quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ke Yin, made in the 3rd minute of the game. With his leg Franciszek Lerych managed to avoid a goal in the 5thth minute, when Roneros F.C.'s Romão Mourato fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 6 minutes into the game, FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Fotis Katramados nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Ceberiche made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 8th minute, Nestor Giro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the game, Mattias Classon threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Wawrzyniec Knopek quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Romão Mourato took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Franciszek Lerych to make any attempt to save it. When Romão Mourato came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Roneros F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Romão Mourato couldn't finish the play. Washington Piedrahita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roneros F.C.'s Ricardo Ceberiche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fotis Katramados in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Fotis Katramados's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Ceberiche was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fotis Katramados in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ricardo Ceberiche saved Roneros F.C. from getting behind. 38 minutes into the match, FC Dwa Do Ósmej's goal looked a bit too open when Romão Mourato came free, but Franciszek Lerych reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardo Ceberiche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fotis Katramados, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 44th match minute, Roneros F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mattias Classon to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Franciszek Lerych played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romão Mourato in the 54th minute of play. Ricardo Ceberiche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fotis Katramados, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Romão Mourato notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Franciszek Lerych. Franciszek Lerych was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roneros F.C.'s Jiang Sha was substituted for Washington Piedrahita. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Radomir Anszczak was substituted for Lucas Rodriguez. Roneros F.C.'s Patrick Viera was substituted for Romão Mourato. After 74 played minutes FC Dwa Do Ósmej got a freekick which was hit by Anthony Meza. Franciszek Lerych made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witomir Jestrimski in the 76th minute of play. Franciszek Lerych made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patrick Viera in the 78th minute of play. Ricardo Ceberiche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Witomir Gajewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 minutes Roneros F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Napoleon Kolbert who took care of the corner kick. The corner led FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Napoleon Kolbert to fire away a dangerous shot which Ricardo Ceberiche despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ortiz Apellaniz hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the match, Patrick Viera notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Franciszek Lerych. Franciszek Lerych was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Roneros F.C. fans cheered their team off the field, for while FC Dwa Do Ósmej had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.