Challenge

Tito Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Bolivia's Mario Fernandino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mathias Roganović sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A sloppy throw-in by Joshua Miralles in the 7th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Juniors FC's Mateo Selatse. Mario Fernandino made in the 8th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Eduardo Fontirroig immediately put the ball in play. Juniors FC's Bastian San Juan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joshua Miralles, made in the 10th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Lucas Berse managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juniors FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Berse was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Camilo Freixa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Juniors FC's Jacobo Loren quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ismael Tejedor, made in the 15th minute of the game. 18 minutes into the match, Mario Fernandino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Octavio Fidele. Juniors FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mario Fernandino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Octavio Fidele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Fontirroig in the 25th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Bolivia's Alfonso de la Cruz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Octavio Fidele made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 31st match minute, Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Fontirroig to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute, Mario Fernandino got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Octavio Fidele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eduardo Fontirroig went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Octavio Fidele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julio Chicote in the 42nd minute of the match. After 43 minutes of play, Bolivia's Eduardo Fontirroig made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavio Fidele was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Juniors FC's Mateo Selatse managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Joshua Miralles in the 59 minute of the game. Federico Kradi lost his temper 61 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 62 played minutes Juniors FC got a freekick which was hit by Federico Kradi. With a little luck, Juniors FC's Octavio Fidele got control of the ball when Mario Fernandino tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 68th minute, Julio Chicote got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Octavio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Fontirroig in the 71st minute of play. Octavio Fidele was a little too slow when Eduardo Fontirroig got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-5. Eduardo Fontirroig scored 0-6 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Octavio Fidele, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfonso de la Cruz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Octavio Fidele made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfonso de la Cruz in the 81st minute of play forced Juniors FC's goalkeeper Octavio Fidele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ismael Tejedor's late challenge caught a Juniors FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ismael Tejedor helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bolivia's Ismael Tejedor got a free kick in the 86th minute. Mateo Selatse charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mateo Selatse the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th minute, Mateo Selatse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A throw-in in the 92nd minute of the game was made by Joshua Miralles with Mario Fernandino as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Juniors FC's Octavio Fidele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Fontirroig in the 94th minute of play. The Bolivia players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.