Federation Clash Challenge

PIRATAS STADIUM
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jacinto de Lara got the match started through his kick off. Antônio Borges showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ralf Västerstrand in the 5th minute of the match. Jacinto de Lara in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fan Guang Lin, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Jacinto de Lara recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Jacinto de Lara kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fan Guang Lin. That made the score 1-0 in the 28 minute of play. In the 35th minute Grigoris Grigoriadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antônio Borges saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PIRATAS TFP's Jacinto de Sousa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Hong Zheng Fan, made in the 38th minute of the game. Henry Zimmermann hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Quique Jara's late challenge caught a Green Hell F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Quique Jara helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Quique Jara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ralf Västerstrand made a kick off. Hao Bang Feng's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Antônio Borges firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 54th minute Green Hell F.C. were awarded a corner. Hao Bang Feng went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Hao Bang Feng almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but PIRATAS TFP's Antônio Borges did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Green Hell F.C.'s zone, Jacinto de Lara stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fan Guang Lin came out of the goal and Jacinto de Lara tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Antônio Borges took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigoris Grigoriadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antônio Borges made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralf Västerstrand in the 61st minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Ralf Västerstrand dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Antônio Borges, 1-1. 74 minutes into the match, PIRATAS TFP's goalkeeper Antônio Borges had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Grigoris Grigoriadis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacinto de Lara in the 77th minute of play forced Green Hell F.C.'s goalkeeper Fan Guang Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Green Hell F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Quique Jara came free, but Fan Guang Lin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Jacinto de Lara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fan Guang Lin was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. PIRATAS TFP's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigoris Spanoulis in the 84th minute. PIRATAS TFP's Jacinto de Sousa managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ronny Bark in the 87 minute of the game. 88 minutes in the game Alain Duarte did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Bruno Alcaíno. In the 90th minute, Jacinto de Lara made a precise shot to the right of Fan Guang Lin. Green Hell F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Västerstrand in the 95th minute of play forced PIRATAS TFP's goalkeeper Antônio Borges to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PIRATAS TFP were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Green Hell F.C. for a fine match.