Challenge

Eugenio Carlucci
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Francesco Coscia started the match with the kick off. Arty Eightman struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Liu Xing Qiang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Clue Team Challenge 2024. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Guy Thorax managed to get in a good position for a shot. Clue Team Challenge 2024's supporters rose to their feet, but Guy Thorax was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Liu Xing Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. O. M. G. DaRush made an important save on a dangerous shot by Francesco Coscia in the 8th minute. Robby The Rancher might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Liu Xing Qiang. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Robby The Rancher ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC booed when Clue Team Challenge 2024 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Smoggy Hills didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 18 minutes Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Robby The Rancher who took care of the corner kick. Robby The Rancher made a great header on Clue Team Challenge 2024's corner, it was just that Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Liu Xing Qiang managed to reach the ball for a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arty Eightman in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Liu Xing Qiang saved Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC from getting behind. In the 20th minute, Francesco Coscia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. O. M. G. DaRush was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Azure Meadow fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Liu Xing Qiang having to interfere. In the 28th match minute, Clue Team Challenge 2024 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roy Cordu to maneuver through the defense. O. M. G. DaRush took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesco Coscia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, Francesco Coscia notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Clue Team Challenge 2024's O. M. G. DaRush. O. M. G. DaRush was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Corrado Mancini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's zone, Robby The Rancher stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Liu Xing Qiang came out of the goal and Robby The Rancher tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 44th minute, Francesco Coscia reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of O. M. G. DaRush. The goal made the score 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Clue Team Challenge 2024 made a substitution. Manny Mills replaced Roy Cordu. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Arty Eightman made a kick off. Clue Team Challenge 2024 were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robby The Rancher took the corner. After a rather tough play, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Serafim Malta got a free kick in the 55th minute. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's Liu Xing Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arty Eightman in the 56th minute of play. Smoggy Hills hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Francesco Coscia struck a weak shot in the 61st minute. O. M. G. DaRush didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC. In the 65th minute Erwin Jadamowitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but O. M. G. DaRush saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Azure Meadow got free with Liu Xing Qiang in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Clue Team Challenge 2024 getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Snoop Fiddlefaddle hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute, Snoop Fiddlefaddle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's goalkeeper Liu Xing Qiang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Azure Meadow. When Arty Eightman came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Clue Team Challenge 2024 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 Arty Eightman couldn't finish the play. Clue Team Challenge 2024's Joaquin Fiat was substituted for Arty Eightman. Liu Xing Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquin Fiat in the 81st minute of the match. O. M. G. DaRush made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Serafim Malta in the 83rd minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Clue Team Challenge 2024's goal looked a bit too open when Francesco Coscia came free, but O. M. G. DaRush reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 90 minutes, Aldo Maiorano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aldo Maiorano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Clue Team Challenge 2024's Joaquin Fiat was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 92nd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Trezzano Sul Naviglio AFC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Clue Team Challenge 2024 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.