Federation Clash Challenge

M.K.ATATÜRK Stadyumu
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Rodrigo-Sebastian Palacio got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Rafaela FC's Camillo Daniele got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Hayati Peker came free with the goalkeeper in the 4th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Inocencio Veronica could save by the left post. Gianluca Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camillo Daniele in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute of the match Rafaela FC got a corner. Büyükada Commandos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Basilio Guillerme ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rodrigo-Sebastian Palacio made a great header on Rafaela FC's corner, it was just that Büyükada Commandos's Gianluca Buffon managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 18th minute, Ronaldinho Gaucho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Büyükada Commandos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Gianluca Buffon took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ross Strong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronaldinho Gaucho might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Inocencio Veronica. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ronaldinho Gaucho ran back to his position shaking his head. Inocencio Veronica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Rafaela FC's Inocencio Veronica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 33rd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Büyükada Commandos's Ronaldinho Gaucho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Inocencio Veronica narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rafaela FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ricardo Araújo was slow to take the kick. During this time Büyükada Commandos's players had a chance to rest. In the 39th minute, Romeu Pereira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inocencio Veronica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 41st minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Hayati Peker got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Inocencio Veronica quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Emiliano Furia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldinho Gaucho to make the kick off. The throw-in from Camillo Daniele in the 60th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Büyükada Commandos's Hakan Calhanoglu. The audience was convinced that Rodrigo-Sebastian Palacio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gianluca Buffon was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. If Ronaldinho Gaucho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Inocencio Veronica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Inocencio Veronica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 69th minute of play. Gianluca Buffon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emiliano Furia in the 70th minute of play. Hüseyin Turan Esay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Inocencio Veronica tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute Büyükada Commandos were awarded a corner. Ricardo Araújo went to the cornerflag to take it. After 77 played minutes Büyükada Commandos got a freekick which was hit by Romeu Pereira. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Inocencio Veronica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Gaucho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute of the match Büyükada Commandos got a corner. Rafaela FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ricardo Araújo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Ricardo Araújo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Inocencio Veronica quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldinho Gaucho in the 86th minute of play forced Rafaela FC's goalkeeper Inocencio Veronica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute of the match, Basilio Guillerme tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gianluca Buffon saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gianluca Buffon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emiliano Furia went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Büyükada Commandos's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.