Federation Clash Challenge

Phenomenal Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fodil Mansouri kicked off to start the match. After 6 minutes of play, AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Halim Kader was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristoforo Brillante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcin Danisiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fodil Mansouri got free with Cristoforo Brillante in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. AC Roma's attentive Richard Askelöf managed to snatch the ball when Abdellah Gourion made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. In the 27th minute, Fabiano Di Rocco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Roma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Fabiano Di Rocco came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the AC Roma 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 Fabiano Di Rocco couldn't finish the play. When AC Roma's Fabiano Di Rocco in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Phenomenals FC's goalie prevented a goal. Phenomenals FC's Halim Kader played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvaro Sforza in the 39th minute of play. Cristoforo Brillante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fodil Mansouri, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Alvaro Sforza took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Halim Kader. Halim Kader dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alvaro Sforza to make the kick off. In the 59th minute, Alvaro Sforza ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Halim Kader was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Phenomenals FC's Ahmed Cohen was substituted for Niki Shentov. After a rather tough play, Phenomenals FC's Abdellah Gourion got a free kick in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the game, Fabiano Di Rocco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Halim Kader was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Alvaro Sforza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fabiano Di Rocco came free with the goalkeeper in the 73rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Halim Kader could save by the left post. Cristoforo Brillante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Michel Nicolleau, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. With a little luck, Phenomenals FC's Halim Kader got control of the ball when Fabiano Di Rocco tried to sneak it across the goal line. AC Roma made a substitution. Mihai Daimacă replaced Ferdinando Caponera. AC Roma made a substitution. Camillo Pesce replaced Fabiano Di Rocco. In the 80th minute of the match AC Roma got a corner. Phenomenals FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Camillo Pesce ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Richard Askelöf got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Halim Kader quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 81st play minutes Richard Askelöf shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Halim Kader and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 86th of the match, Camillo Pesce tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Halim Kader got in the way and made a wonderful save. Halim Kader came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Roma's Horia Nasta. But to his dismay, Horia Nasta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. In the 92nd minute, Tobiasz Okraszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 95th minute of the game. One of Phenomenals FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of AC Roma:s goal. When the match had been going on for 96 minutes, AC Roma's Alvaro Sforza got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Halim Kader. Cristoforo Brillante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Cohen in the 100th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AC Roma walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.