Federation Clash Challenge

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Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nuno Santarém got the match started through his kick off. Wiliam Prado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuno Santarém in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, Nuno Santarém notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Athletis PR's Wiliam Prado. Wiliam Prado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wiliam Prado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuno Santarém in the 9th minute of play. Marco de Moraes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Zarando Calva made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Atlético de Caracas's Piotr Moizuk got a free kick in the 11th minute. Athletis PR's attentive Wilson Zanette managed to snatch the ball when Wiktor Gaszynski made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvério Fernandez got free with Zarando Calva in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Silvério Fernandez got free with Zarando Calva in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Athletis PR's Anísio Valladares got a free kick in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuno Santarém in the 24th minute of play forced Athletis PR's goalkeeper Wiliam Prado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efe Akgün's late challenge caught a Athletis PR's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efe Akgün helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Atlético de Caracas getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Efe Akgün hit a great ball. Zarando Calva was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Silvério Fernandez. Wiliam Prado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nuno Santarém, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After a defensive mix-up in Athletis PR's zone, Nuno Santarém stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wiliam Prado came out of the goal and Nuno Santarém tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 36 minutes, Nuno Santarém managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Atlético de Caracas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nuno Santarém was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With an all-out effort, Athletis PR's Zarando Calva threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Silvério Fernandez, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silvério Fernandez in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zarando Calva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvério Fernandez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nuno Santarém received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Wiliam Prado came out and tried to block the shot, but Nuno Santarém slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 53rd minute. Nuno Santarém's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wiliam Prado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Nuno Santarém's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wiliam Prado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silvério Fernandez in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zarando Calva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nuno Santarém's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wiliam Prado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. A collision led to Athletis PR getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Pavlo Oschypko hit a great ball. Athletis PR's Alex Rosado was substituted for Genílson Leme. Athletis PR made a substitution. Stig-Ove Alebeck replaced Silvério Fernandez. Athletis PR's Breno Marquez was substituted for Nafarroa Hormeño. Zarando Calva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stig-Ove Alebeck's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nuno Santarém got free with Wiliam Prado in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zarando Calva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Rosado in the 91st minute of the match. Athletis PR's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ciro Vargas in the 93rd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Atlético de Caracas's goalie and right to Ciro Vargas. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Atlético de Caracas's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nuno Santarém got free with Wiliam Prado in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Atlético de Caracas players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.