Challenge

CLAYMORE CITY
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gilbert Bonsaint took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute of the match CLAYMORE COUNTRY got a corner. Chile's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sten Lindell ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 13 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. Lucas Maciel was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Washington Arantes in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thiago Pliego saved Chile from getting behind. Lucas Maciel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 20thth minute of the game Gilbert Bonsaint 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. A nice corner shot did that Sten Lindell got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thiago Pliego quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lucas Maciel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 27th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Lucas Maciel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mariano Lacasa struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Lucas Maciel didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chile. When Gilbert Bonsaint got free in front of the goal in the 39th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Thiago Pliego was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. Lucas Maciel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 46th minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, Washington Arantes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thiago Pliego. Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Washington Arantes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The CLAYMORE COUNTRY players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Chile were winning 1-2.

Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilbert Bonsaint, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind CLAYMORE COUNTRY's goalkeeper Lucas Maciel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lucas Maciel came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Chile's Mariano Lacasa. But to his dismay, Mariano Lacasa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Ahmet Ceyhan Erozan was substituted for Sun Kun Bing. The throw-in from Ahmet Ceyhan Erozan in the 76th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Chile's Pedro Indiano. Ahmet Ceyhan Erozan made in the 77th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Anísio Azevedo. A collision led to CLAYMORE COUNTRY getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Dusty Amireau hit a great ball. 85 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lucas Maciel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 88th minute Washington Arantes 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. In the 95th minute, Mariano Lacasa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lucas Maciel. The goal made the score 1-4. When the match was over Chile could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than CLAYMORE COUNTRY throughout the match.