Federation Clash Challenge

Oswaldo Zubeldía
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aleksander Brodzki made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Near End's goal looked a bit too open when Willie Colon came free, but Edgar Dres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chuan Cintron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksander Brodzki in the 5th minute of the match. In the 15thth minute of the game Aleksander Brodzki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlético Municipal's Chuan Cintron was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atlético Municipal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tolek Czysty was slow to take the kick. During this time Near End's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Atlético Municipal's goalie and right to 宋骏博. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Atlético Municipal's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Chuan Cintron made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksander Brodzki in the 19th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Atlético Municipal's Oscar De León nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edgar Dres made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Oscar De León could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Edgar Dres made a huge save. 34 minutes into the match, Antoni Fikus notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Atlético Municipal's Chuan Cintron. Chuan Cintron was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 37 minutes, Brandon McConnach managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Near End's supporters crossed their fingers, but Brandon McConnach was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoni Fikus in the 41st minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Chuan Cintron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brandon McConnach in the 44th minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Chuan Cintron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Near End's Wawrzyniec Karp seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Wawrzyniec Karp the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Near End protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Wawrzyniec Karp had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 46th match minute, Near End was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wawrzyniec Karp to maneuver through the defense. Atlético Municipal's Frank Dusett was substituted for Willie Colon. Atlético Municipal made a substitution. Silvanito Gainza replaced Azubeli Roman. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

In the 57th minute Frank Dusett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Dres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nathan Tieleman got a throw-in 58 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Brandon McConnach. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksander Brodzki in the 61st minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Chuan Cintron to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar De León in the 64th minute of play forced Near End's goalkeeper Edgar Dres to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute Atlético Municipal were awarded a corner. Claude Sena went to the cornerflag to take it. Edgar Dres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Dusett, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute, one of Atlético Municipal:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Atlético Municipal. When the match had been going on for 76 minutes, Near End's Tolek Czysty got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Chuan Cintron. After some careless play in the Atlético Municipal defense, Brandon McConnach kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chuan Cintron. The Atlético Municipal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chuan Cintron should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Atlético Municipal's Claude Sena got a free kick in the 92nd minute. After 95 minutes, Isac Ţiriac mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atlético Municipal and the Near End players grew even worse after the yellow card. Isac Ţiriac kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the game, Brandon McConnach cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Chuan Cintron was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Aleksander Brodzki blasted a shot towards the goal in the 100th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Chuan Cintron having to make a save. In the 100th minute Aleksander Brodzki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chuan Cintron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Near End eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.