Challenge

TONY STARK ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Omar Toledo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a little luck, Spain's Gabriel Ascaso got control of the ball when Kraig Fred tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Estudiantes de América getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Cornelio Ruisko hit a great ball. The Spain fans' excitement grew in the 13th match minute when Spain's Omar Toledo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cornelio Ruisko in the 23rd minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes of play, Estudiantes de América's Cornelio Ruisko made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gabriel Ascaso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcos Ranolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adria Bielsa in the 26th minute of play. Kraig Fred could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Gabriel Ascaso made a huge save. Marcos Ranolfo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omar Toledo in the 31st minute of play. In the 35th minute Omar Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Ranolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute Omar Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Ranolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Adria Bielsa made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Ranolfo. Estudiantes de América's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Spain's Gabriel Ascaso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Spain from getting a goal against them. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kraig Fred stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Santiago Sartori made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Estudiantes de América's Cornelio Ruisko. Kraig Fred might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gabriel Ascaso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kraig Fred ran back to his position shaking his head. Gabriel Ascaso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kraig Fred in the 53rd minute of the match. Marcos Ranolfo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Omar Toledo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 55 minute of play. Estudiantes de América's Traian Blăniță was substituted for Flavio Iraunkor. Gabriel Ascaso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximo Dei, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Concetto Trasatti in the 63rd minute of play forced Spain's goalkeeper Gabriel Ascaso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Beltza came free, but Gabriel Ascaso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximo Dei in the 72nd minute of play. Estudiantes de América's Marcos Ranolfo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Estudiantes de América from getting a goal against them. Omar Toledo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marcos Ranolfo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Gabriel Ascaso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Beltza in the 82nd minute of play. When Estudiantes de América's Orlando Beltza in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Spain's goalie prevented a goal. Spain made a substitution. Carles Cherro replaced Omar Toledo. Spain's Sergio Ruiz was substituted for Adria Bielsa. Gabriel Ascaso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Concetto Trasatti in the 90th minute of the match. Carles Cherro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Marcos Ranolfo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match was over Spain could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Estudiantes de América throughout the match.