Federation Clash Challenge

Pedro Bidegain
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yusuf Yazıcı started the match with the kick off. Carabata Groove's Cristobal Goito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raul Oriol in the 4th minute of play. Yu Kun came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by Carabata Groove's Teofilo Maidana. But to his dismay, Teofilo Maidana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Teofilo Maidana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofilo Maidana in the 9th minute of play forced Tio Cosme FC's goalkeeper Yu Kun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute, Teofilo Maidana ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yu Kun was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a rather tough play, Tio Cosme FC's Hugo Holflod got a free kick in the 14th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Hugo Holflod in the 17th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Carabata Groove's Frasco Ferreira. 28 minutes into the game, Yusuf Yazıcı recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cristobal Goito. Yusuf Yazıcı showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. After some careless play in the Tio Cosme FC defense, Teofilo Maidana kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yu Kun. The Tio Cosme FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yu Kun should have stopped the shot. In the 33rd minute, Teofilo Maidana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Carabata Groove fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Tio Cosme FC's Yu Kun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teofilo Maidana in the 38th minute of play. Carabata Groove made a substitution. David Rios replaced Ambrosio Bartolome. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The audience was convinced that Mauro Elazar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yu Kun was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Cristobal Goito made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raul Oriol in the 54th minute of play. In the 59th match minute, Carabata Groove was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andreas Möller to maneuver through the defense. 62 minutes into the match, Tio Cosme FC's goalkeeper Yu Kun had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by David Rios. Maximino Romero took the ball and in the 64 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cristobal Goito. Cristobal Goito dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. If Mauro Elazar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Yu Kun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Elazar in the 70th minute of the match. In the 76thth minute of the game Mauro Elazar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tio Cosme FC's Yu Kun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Yu Kun made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when David Rios sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximino Romero in the 82nd minute of play forced Carabata Groove's goalkeeper Cristobal Goito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Tio Cosme FC's Yu Kun got control of the ball when Mauro Elazar tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yu Kun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of David Rios's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. Yu Kun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauro Elazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when David Rios got free with Yu Kun in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mauro Elazar in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yu Kun saved Tio Cosme FC from getting behind. Andreas Möller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristobal Goito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raul Oriol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.