Federation Clash Challenge

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anastasio Iraitz made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasio Iraitz in the 4th minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Teodosio Sergi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Augusto Cordario shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chiquito Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Augusto Cordario's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chiquito Martinez was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the match, Independiente's goalkeeper Chiquito Martinez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Augusto Cordario. 15 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Sören Bengtsson came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Independiente's Chiquito Martinez got control of the ball when Augusto Cordario tried to sneak it across the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Anastasio Iraitz came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Augusto Cordario could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Chiquito Martinez made a huge save. With his leg Chiquito Martinez managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when Velez Sarsfield's Augusto Cordario fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Augusto Cordario could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Chiquito Martinez made a huge save. Augusto Cordario's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chiquito Martinez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. Reynaldo Abadia hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Chiquito Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olliver Van Meirhaeghe in the 40th minute of the match. Chiquito Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olliver Van Meirhaeghe, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Teodosio Sergi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorg Pieters in the 44th minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Anastasio Iraitz came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Olliver Van Meirhaeghe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Augusto Cordario stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Teodosio Sergi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jorg Pieters. In a very dangerous position, a player in Independiente fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 56th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Velez Sarsfield a penalty, 58 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ronan Mistral, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Independiente's Chiquito Martinez. 1-0. Chiquito Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Augusto Cordario, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 63rd minute, Independiente's Emanuel Emander ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Teodosio Sergi. Teodosio Sergi yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Independiente's Flavio Laurgain was substituted for Anastasio Iraitz. Independiente's Benjy Benton was substituted for Jorg Pieters. Chiquito Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olliver Van Meirhaeghe, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sören Bengtsson got free with Teodosio Sergi in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Teodosio Sergi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Laurgain in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Benjy Benton came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Velez Sarsfield made a substitution. Filomeno Montrell replaced Javier Pinola. Velez Sarsfield's Yiyo Bernal was substituted for Marcos Pacifico. Reynaldo Abadia made in the 83rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Flavio Laurgain. Teodosio Sergi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavio Laurgain, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Chiquito Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Cordario in the 86th minute of the match. If Augusto Cordario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Independiente's Chiquito Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augusto Cordario in the 88th minute of play. After 91 played minutes Velez Sarsfield got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Cordario. Teodosio Sergi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavio Laurgain in the 95th minute of the match.