Federation Clash Challenge

Allianz Parque Mania
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Robben De Mulder started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Dolores getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Narciso Basualdo hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, one of Dolores:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Dolores. In the 10th minute, MANIACOS got a penalty, and Nemesio Mansilla placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Cristobal Santana sped through MANIACOS's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Josu Agra. A collision led to MANIACOS getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Teodosio Villacanes hit a great ball. Esteban Gipuzkoa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Colon Averasturi in the 23rd minute of the match. Israel Martxelin scored 1-2 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Josu Agra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 28th minute of the game Narciso Basualdo made a throw-in which Ciro Emenon played forward. Millano Corroto might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Esteban Gipuzkoa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Millano Corroto ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Dolores's zone, Millano Corroto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Esteban Gipuzkoa came out of the goal and Millano Corroto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Millano Corroto got free with Esteban Gipuzkoa in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 38 minutes into the match, Dolores's goal looked a bit too open when Colon Averasturi came free, but Esteban Gipuzkoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the game, MANIACOS's Millano Corroto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Esteban Gipuzkoa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Millano Corroto took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Esteban Gipuzkoa to make any attempt to save it.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Colon Averasturi to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind MANIACOS's goalkeeper Josu Agra, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Millano Corroto might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Esteban Gipuzkoa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Millano Corroto ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Millano Corroto in the 58th minute of play forced Dolores's goalkeeper Esteban Gipuzkoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Basualdo hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 61st match minute, Dolores was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Narciso Basualdo to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Dolores defense, Radu Bleoancă kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Esteban Gipuzkoa. The Dolores fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Esteban Gipuzkoa should have stopped the shot. In the 71st minute Montay Villatreses shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Gipuzkoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Montay Villatreses in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Esteban Gipuzkoa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Montay Villatreses put it in 5-2 from a short distance just to the right of Esteban Gipuzkoa. When Montay Villatreses, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 81 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Esteban Gipuzkoa was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Josu Agra made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Cristobal Santana sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, MANIACOS's Vera Pérez got a free kick in the 88th minute. After 89 played minutes MANIACOS got a freekick which was hit by Elvis Arce. Robben De Mulder was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 89th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. When Norberto Monzón fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored MANIACOS's protests and gave Norberto Monzón a yellow card for diving instead. When Robben De Mulder came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Dolores 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 Robben De Mulder couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. MANIACOS had won after a very even match.