Challenge

Fernando Redondo
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leandro Pacho took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Segundo Fix hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Salvador Urki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juguemos con el 5's attentive Segundo Fix managed to snatch the ball when Felix Garrido made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Erling Håland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 13th minute, Juguemos con el 5's Erling Håland dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Salvador Urki 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 18th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leandro Pacho in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Pliego prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Erling Håland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salvador Urki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 28th minute of the match. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chile's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Christian Günther was slow to take the kick. During this time Juguemos con el 5's players had a chance to rest. Erling Håland was extremely unlucky when he, in the 35th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Salvador Urki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavier Figueroa, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Erling Håland received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thiago Pliego came out and tried to block the shot, but Erling Håland slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mariano Lacasa was the one to do the kick off. When Mariano Lacasa came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Chile fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mariano Lacasa couldn't finish the play. Juguemos con el 5's attentive Igor Solecki managed to snatch the ball when Guillermo Fontirroig made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. 71 minutes into the game, Felix Garrido threw the ball into play from the sideline. Juguemos con el 5's Segundo Fix quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Orlando Casaus managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chile's supporters rose to their feet, but Orlando Casaus was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Salvador Urki breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 75th play minute Mariano Lacasa came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Salvador Urki. 4-1. Salvador Urki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 79th minute. With his leg Salvador Urki managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Chile's Mariano Lacasa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Jorge Ekaitz came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Juguemos con el 5 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jorge Ekaitz couldn't finish the play. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Salvador Urki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Salvador Urki read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. Jorge Ekaitz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thiago Pliego read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 89th minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, Jorge Ekaitz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Thiago Pliego was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Juguemos con el 5's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.