Actaea

The first match of the Actea Football Championship took place between the host country's team and the team from Arkondia. Judging by the players' actions, both teams came with a firm intention to win – dangerous moments began to emerge from the very first minutes; Arkondia sent the ball towards the Greatwater goal as early as the third minute. In the ninth minute, the "blue" team staged a real siege on the opponent's goal – during a single moment, three shots were taken at the Arkondia goal, but Jean managed to save them all; immediately after that, the Arkondia team counterattacked: Gregory found himself one-on-one with Mahmudov, but failed to capitalize on this chance... Only to make amends in the second half: in the 54th minute, an Arkondia forward opened the scoring by shooting into the open (after a successful save) Greatwater goal. The match continued in the same spirit as before: both teams competed on almost equal terms, constantly creating dangerous situations near each other's goals. The greatest tension occurred during the added time (90+), when Anar Mammadkhanov sent the ball from a distance like a rocket and almost scored a goal (the goalkeeper failed to react in time, but the ball hit the crossbar; if the trajectory had shifted slightly, it would have been a draw).

Statistics

Number of shots: 16 | 17
Shot accuracy: 62% | 35%
Pass accuracy: 75% | 79%
Ball possession: 47% | 53%
Corners: 2 | 6
Offsides: 0 | 1
Fouls: 2 | 0
Saves: 10 (Yaqub Mahmudov) | 15 (Jean-François Keim)
Man of the match: Jean-François Keim