Federation Clash Challenge

Христо Ботев
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Makareus Picoulas got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Yuquerí AFC's Dacian Hirean got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Pablo Gavira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Celedonio Lastur having to make a save. 13 minutes into the match, Makareus Picoulas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Strahil Radenkov. Лудата Банда от Пловдив's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Makareus Picoulas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 16th minute, Makareus Picoulas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Lino Torres put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Strahil Radenkov. When Yuquerí AFC's Makareus Picoulas in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalie prevented a goal. In the 21stth minute of the game Makareus Picoulas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Strahil Radenkov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th minute Lino Torres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Strahil Radenkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dacian Hirean in the 26th minute of play forced Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalkeeper Strahil Radenkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pablo Gavira hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Strahil Radenkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Makareus Picoulas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lino Torres in the 34th minute of play forced Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalkeeper Strahil Radenkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Strahil Radenkov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Makareus Picoulas, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Strahil Radenkov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lino Torres's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dacian Hirean in the 42nd minute of play forced Лудата Банда от Пловдив's goalkeeper Strahil Radenkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Makareus Picoulas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Yuquerí AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Makareus Picoulas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Strahil Radenkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Trayko Raykov was the one to do the kick off. Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Strahil Radenkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Лудата Банда от Пловдив from getting a goal against them. Dacian Hirean sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yuquerí AFC's Celedonio Lastur played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Trayko Raykov in the 59th minute of play. 60 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Yuquerí AFC's Dacian Hirean fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Strahil Radenkov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 65 minutes into the match, Lino Torres notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Лудата Банда от Пловдив's Strahil Radenkov. Strahil Radenkov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 68th minute of the match, Dacian Hirean tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Strahil Radenkov saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 72nd minute Yuquerí AFC were awarded a corner. Lino Torres went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Yuquerí AFC's Drago Bluestone to fire away a dangerous shot which Strahil Radenkov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Yuquerí AFC were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after Лудата Банда от Пловдив's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lino Torres took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Zvonimir Boban got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Strahil Radenkov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Лудата Банда от Пловдив getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Kajus Tvarijonas hit a great ball. Strahil Radenkov stood somewhat misplaced when Dacian Hirean came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 81 minute. If Makareus Picoulas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Лудата Банда от Пловдив defense, Dacian Hirean kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Strahil Radenkov. The Лудата Банда от Пловдив fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Strahil Radenkov should have stopped the shot. Strahil Radenkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lino Torres in the 93rd minute. After some careless play in the Лудата Банда от Пловдив defense, Dacian Hirean kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Strahil Radenkov. The Лудата Банда от Пловдив fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Strahil Radenkov should have stopped the shot. Yuquerí AFC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.