Federation Clash Challenge

Red Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Red Army's 苏树建 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a little luck, Palmeiras de Plantão's Cido Meireles got control of the ball when 苏树建 tried to sneak it across the goal line. 苏树建 got the audience’s attention when, from a short distance, he fired away a great shot in the 4th minute of the game. The shot hit the left post and bounced out. The audience was convinced that Helge Almkvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils Elmhuus was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. A hard shot 9 in the game by Ali Karimi from a close distance when the talented Cido Meireles managed to make a qualified save. Palmeiras de Plantão's players were relieved. 15 minutes into the match, Palmeiras de Plantão's goalkeeper Cido Meireles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ali Karimi. If Zézinho Paraíba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Cido Meireles managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Red Army's Ali Karimi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Palmeiras de Plantão booed when Red Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaveh Bayat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nils Elmhuus made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helge Almkvist in the 32nd minute of play. If Ali Karimi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Pedro Pinho fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palmeiras de Plantão's protests and gave Pedro Pinho a yellow card for diving instead. Pedro Pinho kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. The supporters of Palmeiras de Plantão booed when Red Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ali Reza Abdi didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Palmeiras de Plantão booed when Red Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaveh Bayat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Red Army's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zézinho Paraíba in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zézinho Paraíba in the 39th minute of play forced Red Army's goalkeeper Nils Elmhuus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldinho Vergílio scored 1-1 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nils Elmhuus, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 45 minutes of play, Palmeiras de Plantão's Nestor Paulista made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nils Elmhuus was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half Palmeiras de Plantão were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Zézinho Paraíba to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Palmeiras de Plantão were awarded a corner. Haroldo Fonseca went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Haroldo Fonseca almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Red Army's Nils Elmhuus did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Karimi in the 55th minute of play forced Palmeiras de Plantão's goalkeeper Cido Meireles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Helge Almkvist could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Nils Elmhuus made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Helge Almkvist got free with Nils Elmhuus in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cido Meireles stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 苏树建's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. After 75 minutes, 苏树建 made it 3-2 with a short kick to the right side. Palmeiras de Plantão's Cido Meireles tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Zézinho Paraíba came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Palmeiras de Plantão fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zézinho Paraíba couldn't finish the play. 77 minutes into the match, Palmeiras de Plantão's Zézinho Paraíba sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nils Elmhuus narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cido Meireles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 苏树建 in the 79th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, 苏树建 notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Palmeiras de Plantão's Cido Meireles. Cido Meireles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cido Meireles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Karimi in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zézinho Paraíba in the 84th minute of play forced Red Army's goalkeeper Nils Elmhuus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Red Army's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zézinho Paraíba in the 87th minute of play. Nils Elmhuus made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Helge Almkvist sent off a good shot on target. Red Army's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zézinho Paraíba in the 92nd minute of play. Red Army's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.