Challenge

La Fabrica de Sueños
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Medero Nadal made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in VALPICA C.F.'s zone, Alan Rezek stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rodrigo Ramos came out of the goal and Alan Rezek tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Alan Rezek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, VALPICA C.F.'s Cecilio Bodelon got a free kick in the 9th minute. Alan Rezek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Rodrigo Ramos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, Daniel Vitek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximiliano Camara in the 26th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Cipriano Lastras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rodrigo Ramos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Jilek in the 34th minute of play. Rodrigo Ramos came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Czech Republic's Erik Jilek. But to his dismay, Erik Jilek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Erik Jilek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Czech Republic's defense didn't have a chance, in the 43rd minute, when Maximiliano Camara scored to the left of an out of position Vavrinec Holub, making the score, 1-1. Maximiliano Camara's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vavrinec Holub read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 45th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Jilek made a kick off. In the 53rd minute Maximiliano Camara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavrinec Holub saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Medero Nadal in the 56th minute of play. Valdemar Turecek hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Rusil in the 69th minute of play forced VALPICA C.F.'s goalkeeper Rodrigo Ramos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Cipriano Lastras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erik Jilek, 71 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Cecilio Bodelon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Vavrinec Holub tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kvetoslav Janku during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 78 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Kvetoslav Janku. In the 83rd minute Erik Jilek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Medero Nadal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavrinec Holub was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. After 88 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Erik Jilek. David Rusil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Rodrigo Ramos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rodrigo Ramos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alan Rezek in the 93rd minute. Erik Jilek kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Medero Nadal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vavrinec Holub. Czech Republic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Medero Nadal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Czech Republic's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.