Challenge

Alejandro Sabella
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Omar Toledo took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a little luck, Spain's Gabriel Ascaso got control of the ball when Dong Kun Yang tried to sneak it across the goal line. Omar Toledo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 8th minute, Adria Bielsa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marta Pressley was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 12 minutes into the game, Santiago Sartori threw the ball into play from the sideline. 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Everardo Benvido quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. David Aranda took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marta Pressley. Marta Pressley dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Dong Kun Yang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Gabriel Ascaso made a huge save. 25 minutes into the match, 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Dong Kun Yang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gabriel Ascaso narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Dong Kun Yang slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gabriel Ascaso. That made the score 1-2 after 26 minutes of play. Claudio Caniggia kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Enrique Rabellino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marta Pressley having to interfere. When Omar Toledo came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Spain 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 Omar Toledo couldn't finish the play. 42 minutes into the game, Dong Kun Yang cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Gabriel Ascaso was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dong Kun Yang made a kick off. A nice corner shot did that David Aranda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marta Pressley quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marta Pressley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adria Bielsa in the 53rd minute of play. 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's Azim Sabit was substituted for Marcelino Romo. 72 minutes into the match, 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009's goal looked a bit too open when Adria Bielsa came free, but Marta Pressley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. Spain made a substitution. Carles Cherro replaced Omar Toledo. A throw-in in the 77th minute of the game was made by Jonathan Criado with Sergio Ruiz as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Hugo Bela might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Ascaso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hugo Bela ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 83rd minute Hugo Bela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Ascaso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Spain could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than 【E ➣15 de Julio 2009 throughout the match.