Challenge

Honorato Ascencio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Paulo Cruz made the kick off and thus started the match. Paulo Cruz who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 5thth minute tested the skills of Vavrinec Holub when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 7 minutes into the game, Bohumir Kohout was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Czech Republic's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas the free kick. Bohumir Kohout kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, José Garrido sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub didn't even have to move. After 9 minutes, Valdemar Turecek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vavrinec Holub made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Paulo Cruz sent off a good shot on target. Paulo Cruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Rusil in the 20th minute of play forced 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's goalkeeper Chiquito Bossio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Felice Ubriaco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vavrinec Holub, 1-0. If Alan Rezek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alan Rezek recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's Celedonio Xabel got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, one of 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas. After 38 minutes of play, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chiquito Bossio was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Cirilo Heli hit a great ball. When Erik Jilek came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Czech Republic 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 Erik Jilek couldn't finish the play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Erik Jilek to make the kick off. If Alan Rezek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Erik Jilek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Ferrero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 70 minutes, Denis Dostal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Czech Republic's supporters crossed their fingers, but Denis Dostal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 72ndth minute of the game Paulo Cruz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulo Cruz in the 73rd minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vavrinec Holub showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Cordarryl, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulo Cruz went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 81st match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bohumir Kohout to maneuver through the defense. Paulo Cruz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Paulo Cruz sped through Czech Republic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Vavrinec Holub showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felice Ubriaco in the 94th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas had played much better football throughout.