Federation Clash Challenge

Swatar Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mario Salerno started the match with the kick off. Mario Salerno's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Frank Sammartino firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 5th minute, Dexter Morgan VR46's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Mario Salerno fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Mario Salerno sped through Dexter Morgan VR46's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Frank Sammartino. After a defensive mix-up in Dexter Morgan VR46's zone, Mario Salerno stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Frank Sammartino came out of the goal and Mario Salerno tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sebastian Pârcălab succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 16th playminute. In the 19th match minute, Dexter Morgan VR46 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franco Penna to maneuver through the defense. Dexter Morgan VR46's Frank Sammartino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Dexter Morgan VR46 from getting a goal against them. Mario Salerno came free with the goalkeeper in the 29th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Frank Sammartino could save by the left post. 31 minutes into the game, Mario Salerno cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Frank Sammartino was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 35 minutes into the game, Alberigo Di Nucci was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Dexter Morgan VR46's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Swatar United FC the free kick. After 35 played minutes Dexter Morgan VR46 got a freekick which was hit by Alberigo Di Nucci. After 38 minutes of play, Swatar United FC's Mario Salerno made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frank Sammartino was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mario Salerno scored 5-0 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frank Sammartino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Angelo Scalabrino made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Mario Salerno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frank Sammartino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frank Sammartino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Salerno, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Frank Sammartino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Salerno, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After a rather tough play, Dexter Morgan VR46's Alberigo Di Nucci got a free kick in the 66th minute. Dexter Morgan VR46's Frank Sammartino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Salerno in the 70th minute of play. Mario Salerno blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Frank Sammartino having to make a save. Frank Sammartino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Salerno in the 74th minute of play. Frank Sammartino came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Swatar United FC's Mario Salerno. But to his dismay, Mario Salerno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-0. Dexter Morgan VR46's Frank Sammartino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mario Salerno in the 83rd minute of play. Michael Borg Xuereb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Swatar United FC's Cem Güler suffered a concussion in the 88th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Edoardo Felli's late challenge caught a Swatar United FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edoardo Felli helped the player get up and apologised. Swatar United FC's Neil Testaferrata Olivier was substituted for Cem Güler. After a rather tough play, Dexter Morgan VR46's Edoardo Felli got a free kick in the 90th minute. Frank Sammartino came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Swatar United FC's Mario Salerno. But to his dismay, Mario Salerno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0.