Federation Clash Challenge

Stefano Rizzo
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, 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. Rony Rüşti started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind Leões do Sul 53's goalkeeper Leandro Custódio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 11th minute Rossanese were awarded a corner. Aybar Hasret went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Allan Björk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Leandro Custódio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alfredo Giorda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rony Rüşti in the 14th minute of the match. Alfredo Giorda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rony Rüşti, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rossanese's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guto Kleber was slow to take the kick. During this time Leões do Sul 53's players had a chance to rest. Leões do Sul 53's Guto Kleber was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alfredo Giorda in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Arne Kullander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Alfredo Giorda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th match minute, Rossanese was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aybar Hasret to maneuver through the defense. Alfredo Giorda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guto Kleber in the 26th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Stefan Indyk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leandro Custódio was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The audience was convinced that Fabian Gurgul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leandro Custódio was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. If Arne Kullander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alfredo Giorda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arne Kullander in the 40th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Fabian Gurgul shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leandro Custódio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabian Gurgul was the one to do the kick off. Fabian Gurgul received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Leandro Custódio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Rossanese's goalkeeper Alfredo Giorda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arne Kullander. The audience was convinced that Fabian Gurgul's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leandro Custódio was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Lauro Cearense kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Leandro Custódio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fabian Gurgul's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Rony Rüşti's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Alfredo Giorda firmly grabbed it by the left post. With a little luck, Rossanese's Alfredo Giorda got control of the ball when Rony Rüşti tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Gurgul in the 72nd minute of play forced Leões do Sul 53's goalkeeper Leandro Custódio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leandro Custódio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Gurgul in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute Rossanese were awarded a corner. Aybar Hasret went to the cornerflag to take it. Leandro Custódio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabian Gurgul, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alfredo Giorda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rony Rüşti, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Cristóvão Heidemann kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Arne Kullander hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, Rossanese's Fabian Gurgul sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leandro Custódio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leandro Custódio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Gurgul in the 92nd minute of the match. Rossanese were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Leões do Sul 53 for a fine match.