Federation Clash Challenge

WKS Arena Wrocław
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stepan Holodovskiy started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes, Leonid Sokolov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the STORM and the Twierdza Wroclaw players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for STORM! An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoriy Agapov in the 14th minute of play forced Twierdza Wroclaw's goalkeeper Tony Kroneder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maksymilian Solibieda did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Nikolay Kovalev 18 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lisandro Cordareo got free with Nikolay Kovalev in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Twierdza Wroclaw's Tony Kroneder played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Holodovskiy in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes, Stefan Lesiecki made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. STORM's Nikolay Kovalev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Grigoriy Agapov scored 4-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tony Kroneder, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Twierdza Wroclaw's Maksymilian Solibieda in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye STORM's goalie prevented a goal. 35 minutes into the match, Twierdza Wroclaw's Stefan Lesiecki sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikolay Kovalev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to STORM getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Genrikh Goloulin hit a great ball. STORM's Nikolay Kovalev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save STORM from getting a goal against them. Nikolay Kovalev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefan Lesiecki's shot from short distance in the 45th minute. In the 45thth minute of the game Stefan Lesiecki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STORM's Nikolay Kovalev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

STORM's Raimundo Librado was substituted for Leonid Sokolov. STORM's Mathis Plum was substituted for Genrikh Goloulin. If Maksymilian Solibieda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stefan Lesiecki in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikolay Kovalev saved STORM from getting behind. STORM's Roman Bolshakov got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tony Kroneder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Bolshakov in the 63rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Stefan Lesiecki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikolay Kovalev was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. The Twierdza Wroclaw fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Twierdza Wroclaw's Stefan Lesiecki looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Nikolay Kovalev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefan Lesiecki in the 72nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stefan Lesiecki in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikolay Kovalev saved STORM from getting behind. When STORM's Stepan Holodovskiy in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Twierdza Wroclaw's goalie prevented a goal. After 76 minutes, Stepan Holodovskiy made it 5-2 with a short kick to the right side. Twierdza Wroclaw's Tony Kroneder tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After a defensive mix-up in Twierdza Wroclaw's zone, Denis Lavrentev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tony Kroneder came out of the goal and Denis Lavrentev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nikolay Kovalev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefan Lesiecki in the 82nd minute of play. Twierdza Wroclaw were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after STORM's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Anfilogino Pantani took the corner. In the 84th minute, Stefan Lesiecki made a precise shot to the right of Nikolay Kovalev. STORM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-2. Tony Kroneder made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Stepan Holodovskiy sent off a good shot on target. Maksim Khomukha charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maksim Khomukha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nikolay Kovalev had in the 96thth minute some difficulties stopping Anfilogino Pantani's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After a rather tough play, STORM's Kirill Gerasimchuk got a free kick in the 98th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the STORM players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Twierdza Wroclaw.