Federation Clash Challenge

Estádio do Minho
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Minho FC's Cristopher de Alcântara started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Zeferino Diegues made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaromír Čížek in the 4th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Cristopher de Alcântara made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Tosi. Bagni's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristopher de Alcântara in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arturo Tosi saved Bagni from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Cristopher de Alcântara took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Arturo Tosi to make any attempt to save it. Zeferino Diegues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaromír Čížek in the 26th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Bagni's zone, Yu Ran Zhen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Arturo Tosi came out of the goal and Yu Ran Zhen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 32nd minute, Cristopher de Alcântara made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Tosi. Bagni's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Arturo Tosi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristopher de Alcântara in the 43rd minute of play. After 46 minutes of play, Minho FC's Cristopher de Alcântara made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Tosi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaromír Čížek to make the kick off. In the 58th minute Cristopher de Alcântara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Tosi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute of the match Minho FC got a corner. Bagni's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Demetrio Savini ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 63 minutes of play, Minho FC's Cristopher de Alcântara made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Tosi was left in no man's land by his defense there! A throw-in in the 68th minute of the game was made by Arrigo Melone with Kandemir Onurad as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Camillo Genovese recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bagni's Frank Pagliuca was substituted for Jaromír Čížek. Cristopher de Alcântara's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arturo Tosi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Arturo Tosi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristopher de Alcântara's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Arturo Tosi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristopher de Alcântara in the 83rd minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Minho FC's Cristopher de Alcântara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arturo Tosi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 91st minute, Cristopher de Alcântara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Minho FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Minho FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.