Challenge

GG Sports Ground
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Esteban Gentza took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Esteban Gentza in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thiago Pliego saved Chile from getting behind. With a little luck, Chile's Thiago Pliego got control of the ball when Esteban Gentza tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 8th match minute, AS TRIGGER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stepan Scherbatov to maneuver through the defense. After 9 minutes of play, Chile's Mariano Lacasa made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Veniamin Hvoinskiy was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerasim Fedorov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 13th minute of play forced AS TRIGGER's goalkeeper Veniamin Hvoinskiy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Veniamin Hvoinskiy having to make a save. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteban Gentza in the 20th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, AS TRIGGER's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Veniamin Hvoinskiy reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Veniamin Hvoinskiy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 24th minute of the match. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. Teobald Solarek hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esteban Gentza in the 36th minute of play. AS TRIGGER's Veniamin Hvoinskiy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillermo Fontirroig in the 38th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in AS TRIGGER's zone, Mariano Lacasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veniamin Hvoinskiy came out of the goal and Mariano Lacasa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Veniamin Hvoinskiy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mariano Lacasa to strike the kick off in the second half. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Esteban Gentza, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. With his leg Veniamin Hvoinskiy managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Chile's Orlando Casaus fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esteban Gentza in the 56th minute of play. Veniamin Hvoinskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 59th minute of play. In the 61stth minute of the game Esteban Gentza who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chile's Thiago Pliego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Esteban Gentza in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thiago Pliego saved Chile from getting behind. Guillermo Fontirroig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AS TRIGGER made a substitution. Albert Kun replaced Rauf Cire. With a little luck, AS TRIGGER's Veniamin Hvoinskiy got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Esteban Gentza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stepan Scherbatov in the 74th minute of play. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stepan Scherbatov, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Mariano Lacasa took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Veniamin Hvoinskiy to make any attempt to save it. In the 80th minute Stepan Scherbatov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thiago Pliego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, AS TRIGGER's Codrin Zamfira got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Veniamin Hvoinskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute AS TRIGGER were awarded a corner. Britton Grieve went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to AS TRIGGER's Codrin Zamfira getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Teobald Solarek kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. After 93rd play minutes Esteban Gentza shot 1-3, a short shot which went by Thiago Pliego and just under the crossbar into goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Chile eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.