Federation Clash Challenge

The Goat House
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tang Yang Le started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Taltum FC's Flavio Cifuentes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robin Sharma made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. With an all-out effort, Blue Mountain State's Zhang Hao Qing threw himself towards the right post 12 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Karol Panasewicz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Tang Yang Le's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 14thth minute, Zhang Hao Qing skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 16 minutes into the match, Flavio Cifuentes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robin Sharma. Blue Mountain State's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Flavio Cifuentes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Robin Sharma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Espinosa Marco in the 20th minute of play. With his leg Zhang Hao Qing managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Espinosa Marco in the 26th minute of play forced Blue Mountain State's goalkeeper Robin Sharma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zhang Hao Qing. Zhang Hao Qing yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. The audience was convinced that Flavio Cifuentes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robin Sharma was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afşar Uçuk in the 39th minute of play. Robin Sharma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roldan Castellanos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zhang Hao Qing came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz. But to his dismay, Karol Panasewicz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2.

Espinosa Marco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Robin Sharma firmly grabbed it by the left post. Flavio Cifuentes hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afşar Uçuk in the 60th minute of play. Espinosa Marco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Robin Sharma firmly grabbed it by the left post. Flavio Cifuentes scored 2-3 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robin Sharma, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zhang Hao Qing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karol Panasewicz in the 69th minute of play. Robin Sharma made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Espinosa Marco sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Obregón Pardemanos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robin Sharma. That made the score 2-4 in the 77 minute of play. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Gökcan Bergin replaced Tang Yang Le. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. George Popescu replaced Nicolas De la Cruz. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Lionel-Andrés Messi replaced Karol Panasewicz. In the 83rd minute Lionel-Andrés Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hao Qing saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 91 minutes Taltum FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Afşar Uçuk who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Blue Mountain State's Afşar Uçuk to fire away a dangerous shot which Zhang Hao Qing despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 95th minute, Lionel-Andrés Messi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blue Mountain State fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. The Taltum FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Taltum FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.