Federation Clash Challenge

Darcy Ribeiro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Tiberiu Caramarin made the kick off which started today's match. Santo Lano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nicodim Orășan's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Bjørn Ironside received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Calistrat Madgearu came out and tried to block the shot, but Bjørn Ironside slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. MIT's defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Poul Stanković scored to the left of an out of position Calistrat Madgearu, making the score, 2-0. In the 15thth minute of the game Poul Stanković who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MIT's Calistrat Madgearu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Calistrat Madgearu threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bjørn Ironside, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 27 minutes into the match, Bjørn Ironside notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of MIT's Calistrat Madgearu. Calistrat Madgearu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 30th minute Tiberiu Caramarin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santo Lano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Calistrat Madgearu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bjørn Ironside, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Calistrat Madgearu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Poul Stanković, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuel Esteves made in the 47th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Emirşah Berkman however managed to control. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Poul Stanković was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Tiberiu Caramarin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santo Lano was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 54 minutes into the match, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Poul Stanković sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Calistrat Madgearu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tiberiu Caramarin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 56th minute of the match, Tiberiu Caramarin got a very nice opportunity to score, but Santo Lano was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 58 minutes into the match, MIT's Tiberiu Caramarin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santo Lano narrowly saved just below the crossbar. MIT were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Clube Audax Metropolitano's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Romeo Gherghescu took the corner. Romeo Gherghescu made a great header on MIT's corner, it was just that Clube Audax Metropolitano's Santo Lano managed to reach the ball for a save. After 60 played minutes Clube Audax Metropolitano got a freekick which was hit by Maicon Mattos. Clube Audax Metropolitano's Santo Lano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Clube Audax Metropolitano from getting a goal against them. With his leg Santo Lano managed to avoid a goal in the 64thth minute, when MIT's Nicodim Orășan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dorin Banu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Santo Lano made a huge save. Santo Lano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dorin Banu in the 68th minute of the match. Clube Audax Metropolitano made a substitution. Bruno Aleixo replaced Claudinho Quadros. Clube Audax Metropolitano made a substitution. Alfredinho Rosa replaced Emanuel Esteves. When Clube Audax Metropolitano's Poul Stanković in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye MIT's goalie prevented a goal. MIT's Bogdan Bucataru was substituted for Alex Balotă. After 83 played minutes Clube Audax Metropolitano got a freekick which was hit by Edgard Sá. In the 85th minute, David Tunander reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Santo Lano. The goal made the score 5-1. In the 88th minute, David Tunander left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MIT fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-2. MIT's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.