Challenge

Honorato Ascencio
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Osvaldo Ferrero kicked off to start the match. 6 minutes into the match, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's goal looked a bit too open when Samuele Kunz came free, but Simon Reyes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th match minute, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Candido Huly to maneuver through the defense. After 11 played minutes, Switzerland's Rodrigo von Känel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Simon Reyes came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Switzerland reached it. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Eric Thomi got a free kick in the 15th minute. Osvaldo Ferrero took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. The supporters of Switzerland booed when 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Americo Claris didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hias Nüssli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Osvaldo Ferrero's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. After 28 minutes Switzerland's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Igor Paulin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Igor Paulin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Hias Nüssli quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Eric Thomi got a free kick in the 30th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvestre Mannuel during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Silvestre Mannuel hit a great ball. Simon Reyes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuele Kunz, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Rodrigo von Känel got a free kick in the 39th minute. A collision led to 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Igor Paulin hit a great ball. Samuele Kunz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Simon Reyes having to interfere. 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's Candido Huly got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Fridolin Neumeister kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 55th match minute, 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Osvaldo Ferrero to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Fridolin Neumeister hit a great ball. Hias Nüssli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Ferrero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Simon Reyes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuele Kunz in the 67th minute of play. The supporters of 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas booed when Switzerland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacinto Maurer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd minute Silvestre Mannuel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuele Kunz in the 76th minute of play forced 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's goalkeeper Simon Reyes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Paulin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. Rodrigo von Känel hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. The supporters of Switzerland booed when 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Humberto Mazuste didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th minute of the match Rodrigo von Känel shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Simon Reyes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Switzerland's Eric Thomi got a free kick in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Candido Huly in the 87th minute of play forced Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuele Kunz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Simon Reyes made a huge save. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas's goalkeeper Simon Reyes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Osvaldo Ferrero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hias Nüssli was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The 【E ➣ Los Pincha Ratas players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.