Federation Clash Challenge

Olímpico Maracay
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lauro Acebal in the 4th minute of play. Rafe Vallina's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Antonis Anastasiadis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renato Nunez-Tesheira in the 6th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Arnold Collins took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Antonis Anastasiadis to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lauro Acebal in the 12th minute of play forced Novokuznetsk's goalkeeper Antonis Anastasiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Atletico Aragua FC's goal looked a bit too open when Feoktist Golov came free, but Haitz Langarica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antonis Anastasiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lauro Acebal in the 19th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Novokuznetsk's goalkeeper Antonis Anastasiadis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Renato Nunez-Tesheira. Antonis Anastasiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lauro Acebal, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Atletico Aragua FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bizi Faubelo in the 23rd minute. The corner led to Atletico Aragua FC's Rafe Vallina getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Haitz Langarica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feoktist Golov in the 28th minute of the match. Eremey Pastuhov made a great header on Novokuznetsk's corner, it was just that Atletico Aragua FC's Haitz Langarica managed to reach the ball for a save. With an all-out effort, Atletico Aragua FC's Antonis Anastasiadis threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lauro Acebal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. With an all-out effort, Atletico Aragua FC's Antonis Anastasiadis threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lauro Acebal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Novokuznetsk from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Atletico Aragua FC's Renato Nunez-Tesheira slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Antonis Anastasiadis. That made the score 2-0 after 40 minutes of play. With a little luck, Novokuznetsk's Antonis Anastasiadis got control of the ball when Renato Nunez-Tesheira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Atletico Aragua FC's Lauro Acebal got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antonis Anastasiadis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Renato Nunez-Tesheira in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Novokuznetsk made a substitution. Silantiy Astankov replaced Grigoriy Stepanenko. Feoktist Golov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haitz Langarica having to interfere. In the 61st minute Renato Nunez-Tesheira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Anastasiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Atletico Aragua FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Pencho Gramatikov hit a great ball. In the 66th minute Renato Nunez-Tesheira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Anastasiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonis Anastasiadis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lauro Acebal in the 67th minute of the match. Novokuznetsk's Igor Dudko was substituted for Veniamin Elyutin. In the 75th minute Lauro Acebal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Anastasiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Igor Dudko's late challenge caught a Atletico Aragua FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Dudko helped the player get up and apologised. Igor Dudko kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Atletico Aragua FC's Federigo Salais was substituted for Miguel Echavarria. In the 79th minute, Igor Dudko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antonis Anastasiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lauro Acebal, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A collision led to Novokuznetsk getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Eremey Pastuhov hit a great ball. Antonis Anastasiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lauro Acebal in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renato Nunez-Tesheira in the 87th minute of play forced Novokuznetsk's goalkeeper Antonis Anastasiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Novokuznetsk defense, Lauro Acebal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Antonis Anastasiadis. The Novokuznetsk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Antonis Anastasiadis should have stopped the shot.