Federation Clash Challenge

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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bryant Solis kicked off to start the match. If Egons Ozollapa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 6 minutes into the match, Salud y República's goal looked a bit too open when Kārlis Dzintars came free, but Juan Carlos Suciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Salud y República's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Egons Ozollapa was slow to take the kick. During this time DZINTARS's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Egons Ozollapa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juan Carlos Suciu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 9th minute Kārlis Dzintars shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Carlos Suciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Egons Ozollapa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Salud y República's Juan Carlos Suciu did a great save. Juan Carlos Suciu made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Bryant Solis sent off a good shot on target. 15 minutes into the match, Salud y República's goal looked a bit too open when Bryant Solis came free, but Juan Carlos Suciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Juan Carlos Suciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryant Solis in the 16th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Salud y República's Abdika Philip nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pål Bergmann made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Juan Carlos Suciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kārlis Dzintars in the 22nd minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Bryant Solis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Juan Carlos Suciu. Bryant Solis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Kārlis Dzintars received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Juan Carlos Suciu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the match, Reyes No notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of DZINTARS's Pål Bergmann. Pål Bergmann was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pål Bergmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iván Vila in the 37th minute of the match. Mauricio Astudillo hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Juan Carlos Suciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryant Solis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, DZINTARS's goal looked a bit too open when Reyes No came free, but Pål Bergmann reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 42 played minutes Salud y República got a freekick which was hit by Mauricio Astudillo. Juan Carlos Suciu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bryant Solis in the 44th minute. In the 47th minute Bryant Solis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Carlos Suciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Iván Vila to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryant Solis in the 53rd minute of play forced Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Carlos Suciu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryant Solis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 53rd minute of the match Mauricio Astudillo completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Mauricio Astudillo a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Salud y República's Mauricio Astudillo got a free kick in the 54th minute. Juan Carlos Suciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryant Solis, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bryant Solis in the 58th minute of play forced Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Carlos Suciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryant Solis in the 60th minute of play. Juan Carlos Suciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ģirts Ozols in the 61st minute of the match. DZINTARS's Edmunds Tambergs got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. DZINTARS made a substitution. Henrihs Linkūns replaced Kārlis Dzintars. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egons Ozollapa in the 76th minute of play forced Salud y República's goalkeeper Juan Carlos Suciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Salud y República's goal looked a bit too open when Bryant Solis came free, but Juan Carlos Suciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Salud y República's Iván Vila dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. DZINTARS were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after Salud y República's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Egons Ozollapa took the corner. In the 95th match minute, Salud y República was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Reyes No to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the DZINTARS players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.