Federation Clash Challenge

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Håkan Kjellman got the match started through his kick off. Santos FC's Aaron Smallwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johannes Botvidsson in the 5th minute of play. Arturo Turner could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Zafer Hürsel made a huge save. In the 9th minute, Johannes Botvidsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aaron Smallwood was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a rather tough play, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Aron Sjöberg got a free kick in the 15th minute. Zafer Hürsel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lanny Gilmore in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute, Warren Ruiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 20 played minutes, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Jörgen Ekeroth shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Aaron Smallwood came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Zenit Saint Petersburg reached it. Aaron Smallwood showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Emander in the 21st minute of the match. Aaron Smallwood took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Håkan Kjellman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Håkan Kjellman came free, but Aaron Smallwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Santos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Johannes Botvidsson came free, but Aaron Smallwood reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lanny Gilmore blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zafer Hürsel having to make a save. In the 31st match minute, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aron Sjöberg to maneuver through the defense. Zafer Hürsel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mike Richardson in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goal looked a bit too open when Lanny Gilmore came free, but Zafer Hürsel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aaron Smallwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aron Sjöberg in the 39th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goal looked a bit too open when Lanny Gilmore came free, but Zafer Hürsel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aaron Smallwood made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuel Emander in the 43rd minute of play. Aaron Smallwood showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Håkan Kjellman, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lanny Gilmore to strike the kick off in the second half. With his leg Aaron Smallwood managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's Håkan Kjellman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 54th minute of play forced FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Zafer Hürsel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santos FC were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dominic Albright took the corner. The audience thought a goal was coming when Håkan Kjellman got free with Aaron Smallwood in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After taking down the ball on FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's corner Aron Sjöberg fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Aaron Smallwood quite easily take care of the ball. 73 minutes into the match, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goal looked a bit too open when Lanny Gilmore came free, but Zafer Hürsel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zafer Hürsel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Turner went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg made a substitution. Peter Snell replaced Johannes Botvidsson. Tyron Velasquez's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zafer Hürsel read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lanny Gilmore in the 82nd minute of play forced FC Zenit Saint Petersburg's goalkeeper Zafer Hürsel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 played minutes FC Zenit Saint Petersburg got a freekick which was hit by Aron Sjöberg. Zafer Hürsel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lanny Gilmore's shot from short distance in the 88th minute. The audience was convinced that Tyron Velasquez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zafer Hürsel was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. The supporters of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesar Small didn't get a good kick on the ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.