Federation Clash Challenge

Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jorge Ekaitz got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edinson Haaland in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cayetano Amaya saved Juguemos con el 5 from getting behind. A throw-in in the 8th minute of the game was made by Xu Yong Feng with Su Jian Jie as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Bai Feng Xiang quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rafa Leme, made in the 10th minute of the game. Cayetano Amaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edinson Haaland in the 14th minute of the match. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Bai Feng Xiang quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rafa Leme, made in the 17th minute of the game. If Edinson Haaland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cayetano Amaya showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edinson Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. The supporters of Juguemos con el 5 booed when Chinese CJ Youth Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lu Zhan Jian didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 22nd minute, Niek Koops left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juguemos con el 5 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Edinson Haaland recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Frank Frankfurter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robustiano Quintin, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Frank Frankfurter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leandro Pacho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Juguemos con el 5 defense, Edinson Haaland kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cayetano Amaya. The Juguemos con el 5 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cayetano Amaya should have stopped the shot. Cayetano Amaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edinson Haaland in the 37th minute of the match. Cayetano Amaya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edinson Haaland went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Edinson Haaland scored 1-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cayetano Amaya, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Chinese CJ Youth Academy were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edinson Haaland stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Christian Günther hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. After 53 minutes of play, Juguemos con el 5's Leandro Pacho made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Frank Frankfurter was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 59 played minutes Juguemos con el 5 got a freekick which was hit by Rafa Leme. 62 minutes into the match, Edinson Haaland had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cayetano Amaya. Juguemos con el 5's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edinson Haaland was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Cayetano Amaya didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edinson Haaland went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. In the 73rd minute, Edinson Haaland made a precise shot to the right of Cayetano Amaya. Juguemos con el 5's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-6. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Günther Doty was substituted for Edinson Haaland. 79 minutes into the match, Juguemos con el 5's goalkeeper Cayetano Amaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Günther Doty. Joaquin Rufio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Frank Frankfurter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Frank Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erling Håland in the 84th minute of the match. Cayetano Amaya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Günther Doty in the 86th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dorel Antohi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frank Frankfurter was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Günther Doty in the 92nd minute of play forced Juguemos con el 5's goalkeeper Cayetano Amaya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Günther Doty had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Juguemos con el 5's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Günther Doty scored to the left of an out of position Cayetano Amaya, making the score, 2-7. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Chinese CJ Youth Academy walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.