Federation Clash Challenge

Jose Amalfitani
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Iwo Tamulewicz made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Augusto Cordario's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stelian Butuc was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Stelian Butuc had great luck who in the 3rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Augusto Cordario from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 8th minute Xavi Popescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodosio Sergi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xavi Popescu in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teodosio Sergi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 16 minutes into the game, Charis Perdikopoulos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Velez Sarsfield's Ando Averin quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Augusto Cordario came free with the goalkeeper in the 20th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Stelian Butuc could save by the left post. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dacians Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ignacio Berenguer was slow to take the kick. During this time Velez Sarsfield's players had a chance to rest. Velez Sarsfield's Mart Laar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Stelian Butuc in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 23rd minute, Iwo Tamulewicz made a precise shot to the right of Teodosio Sergi. Velez Sarsfield's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 30th minute, Augusto Cordario left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Velez Sarsfield fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Javier Pinola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Stelian Butuc tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 36th match minute, Dacians Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavi Popescu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olliver Van Meirhaeghe in the 37th minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Stelian Butuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Manole Anghel came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th match minute, Velez Sarsfield was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olliver Van Meirhaeghe to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Xavi Popescu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Teodosio Sergi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Augusto Cordario got free with Stelian Butuc in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Iwo Tamulewicz in the 56th minute of play forced Velez Sarsfield's goalkeeper Teodosio Sergi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Augusto Cordario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Teodosio Sergi made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Manole Anghel sent off a good shot on target. 61 minutes into the match, Velez Sarsfield's goal looked a bit too open when Iwo Tamulewicz came free, but Teodosio Sergi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teodosio Sergi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Tamulewicz in the 62nd minute of the match. Stelian Butuc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olliver Van Meirhaeghe in the 63rd minute of play. Remus Armeanca hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augusto Cordario in the 65th minute of play forced Dacians Academy's goalkeeper Stelian Butuc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Augusto Cordario had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stelian Butuc. Dacians Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Augusto Cordario was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 68 minutes into the match, Augusto Cordario notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Dacians Academy's Stelian Butuc. Stelian Butuc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stelian Butuc came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Velez Sarsfield's Augusto Cordario. But to his dismay, Augusto Cordario quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. Teodosio Sergi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwo Tamulewicz in the 78th minute of play. Velez Sarsfield's Augusto Cordario got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Velez Sarsfield made a substitution. Filomeno Montrell replaced Javier Pinola. Velez Sarsfield's Arnoldo Mel was substituted for Marcos Pacifico. Stelian Butuc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Augusto Cordario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Manole Anghel got free with Teodosio Sergi in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stelian Butuc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olliver Van Meirhaeghe in the 92nd minute of play. In the 93rd minute Velez Sarsfield were awarded a corner. Filomeno Montrell went to the cornerflag to take it. Velez Sarsfield's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.