Federation Clash Challenge

Dragons Nest
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kim Bolas in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arian Beqaj saved Beek City from getting behind. A collision led to Sliema Dragons FC getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Baran Erozan hit a great ball. Edgard Magdaleno blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Barrie Kerridge having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matteo Borda in the 13th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Arian Beqaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Barrie Kerridge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taha Bilgiç, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 16th minute, Kim Bolas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Beek City's Arian Beqaj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Beek City from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute, Leszek Cupial ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arian Beqaj was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Arian Beqaj stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leszek Cupial's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Leszek Cupial came free with the goalkeeper in the 37th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Arian Beqaj could save by the left post. If Vahdet Ulumeriç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Barrie Kerridge made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vahdet Ulumeriç in the 38th minute of play. Vahdet Ulumeriç scored 1-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Barrie Kerridge, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kim Bolas to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vahdet Ulumeriç in the 52nd minute of play forced Sliema Dragons FC's goalkeeper Barrie Kerridge to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Sliema Dragons FC defense, Vahdet Ulumeriç kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Barrie Kerridge. The Sliema Dragons FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Barrie Kerridge should have stopped the shot. Arian Beqaj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leszek Cupial, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Beek City's Arian Beqaj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kim Bolas in the 68th minute of play. After 71 minutes Beek City's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Baran Erozan who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Matteo Borda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arian Beqaj quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Arian Beqaj took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Baran Erozan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vahdet Ulumeriç sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Arian Beqaj came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Sliema Dragons FC's Dejan Cassar. But to his dismay, Dejan Cassar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. 79 minutes into the match, Dejan Cassar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arian Beqaj. Beek City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dejan Cassar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Barrie Kerridge made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jean-Louis Ouaddou in the 81st minute. A sloppy throw-in by Pepe Ferreira in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Beek City's Fabio Di Maio. In the 86th minute, Beek City's Jean-Louis Ouaddou dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-3. Arian Beqaj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dejan Cassar, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 93 minutes into the game, Dejan Cassar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-3. Arian Beqaj was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. For all the effort they put into the match, the Beek City players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Sliema Dragons FC.