Federation Clash Challenge

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Peter Steele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Morgan Kerns in the 3rd minute of the match. Peter Steele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Belmiro Arruda in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute Deportivo Tachito were awarded a corner. Belmiro Arruda went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Eugen in the 8th minute of play forced Deportivo Tachito's goalkeeper Elias Selatse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deportivo Tachito's Ubaldo Inautzi managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Vincent Sandström in the 13 minute of the game. Elias Selatse took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Pirani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peter Steele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Belmiro Arruda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Deportivo Tachito were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after PALMEIRAS-UTAH's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Belmiro Arruda took the corner. Elias Selatse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Voutsas in the 20th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Alexandru Eugen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elias Selatse saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elias Selatse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Voutsas in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Alexandru Eugen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Elias Selatse was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 35th minute, Joachim Backlund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Deportivo Tachito's Elias Selatse got control of the ball when Jack Lukas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Peter Steele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Belmiro Arruda in the 38th minute of play. If Belmiro Arruda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belmiro Arruda in the 40th minute of play forced PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Pirani in the 45th minute of play forced Deportivo Tachito's goalkeeper Elias Selatse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alexandru Eugen to make the kick off. After having played for 54 minutes, Belmiro Arruda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Deportivo Tachito's supporters crossed their fingers, but Belmiro Arruda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Elias Selatse made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bailey Kerns in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandru Eugen in the 57th minute of play forced Deportivo Tachito's goalkeeper Elias Selatse to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deportivo Tachito's Claudiu Niculescu was substituted for Belmiro Arruda. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Elias Selatse showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bailey Kerns in the 63rd minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Niculescu came free, but Peter Steele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the game, Claudiu Niculescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Peter Steele was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 78 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goalkeeper Peter Steele had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Claudiu Niculescu. The crowd rose to their feet as Deportivo Tachito's Fabio Hustaz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Peter Steele. That made the score 1-2 after 79 minutes of play. 82 minutes into the match, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's goal looked a bit too open when Fazil Gøl came free, but Peter Steele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Steele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Hustaz in the 97th minute of play. The PALMEIRAS-UTAH supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Deportivo Tachito's performance. The match ended with a win for Deportivo Tachito.