Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) With a little luck, Spain's Gabriel Ascaso got control of the ball when Florin Simuţ tried to sneak it across the goal line. Spain's Gabriel Ascaso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Spain from getting a goal against them. After 18 minutes Spain's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Sha who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Santiago Abreu managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 21st minute Adria Bielsa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iker Madrid showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Omar Toledo, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Jiang Sha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabio Iago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Gabriel Ascaso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Celestiales's Iker Madrid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adria Bielsa in the 40th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Santiago Abreu to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Abreu came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, Adria Bielsa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iker Madrid. Celestiales's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adria Bielsa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 58 minutes into the match, Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Omar Toledo. When Spain's Omar Toledo in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Celestiales's goalie prevented a goal. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adria Bielsa in the 62nd minute of the match. Santiago Abreu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Gabriel Ascaso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santiago Abreu, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. A collision led to Spain getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Santiago Sartori hit a great ball. Spain's Carles Cherro was substituted for Omar Toledo. In the 71st minute, Santiago Sartori hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adria Bielsa in the 74th minute of play forced Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Ramiro Lleir hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. Spain's Pau Herrero was substituted for David Aranda. The supporters of Spain booed when Celestiales was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramiro Lleir didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Sergio Ruiz came up free with the goalie in the 81st 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 Sergio Ruiz couldn't finish the play. Celestiales's defense didn't have a chance, in the 89th minute, when Pau Herrero scored to the left of an out of position Iker Madrid, making the score, 1-3. Iker Madrid made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Pau Herrero sent off a good shot on target. Gabriel Ascaso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jiang Sha went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Spain played a much better game than Celestiales and deserved their victory. The Celestiales players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.