Challenge

Monumental de Azul
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Horacio Quinteros started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cornelio Eskuin in the 3rd minute of play. 6 minutes into the game, Dinko Stankovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Croatia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cantera Leales Sin Pagar the free kick. A collision led to Croatia getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Dinko Stankovic hit a great ball. After 8 minutes, Horacio Quinteros made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Croatia's Ilija Skugor tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Croatia's Ilija Skugor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Quinteros in the 11th minute of play. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Horacio Quinteros kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. Flavio Polentzi scored 3-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ilija Skugor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 20thth minute of the game Horacio Quinteros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Croatia's Ilija Skugor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Horacio Quinteros took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. With his leg Ilija Skugor managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when Cantera Leales Sin Pagar's Horacio Quinteros fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Horacio Quinteros blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ilija Skugor having to make a save. Teo Gudelj hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. The supporters of Cantera Leales Sin Pagar booed when Croatia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benjamin Domazet didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilija Skugor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Cefero, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After a rather tough play, Croatia's Teo Gudelj got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 34th minute, Cantera Leales Sin Pagar's Horacio Quinteros ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. After 37 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Teo Gudelj. Ilija Skugor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Horacio Quinteros went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Cantera Leales Sin Pagar's Horacio Quinteros got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 44th minute, Horacio Quinteros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cantera Leales Sin Pagar fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Cantera Leales Sin Pagar made a substitution. Romulo Torres replaced Horacio Quinteros. Af the end of the first half the score was 8-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romulo Torres in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilija Skugor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Romulo Torres's late challenge caught a Croatia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romulo Torres helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes Cantera Leales Sin Pagar got a freekick which was hit by Romulo Torres. 67 minutes into the match, Romulo Torres had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Romulo Torres was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 10-0. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Torres in the 77th minute of play. After having played for 80 minutes, Romulo Torres managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cantera Leales Sin Pagar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Romulo Torres was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Torres in the 83rd minute of play. Romulo Torres took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 13-0. Ilija Skugor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romulo Torres in the 89th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Romulo Torres ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilija Skugor was frozen by the shot and now it was 14-0. Romulo Torres might have been able to make a better finish in the 98th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilija Skugor. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Romulo Torres ran back to his position shaking his head. Ilija Skugor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romulo Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cantera Leales Sin Pagar walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.