Challenge

Nuevo Armalin Estadi
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dionisio Figueres started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nereo santillana. In the 4th minute of the match Real Armal F.C. got a corner. Paraguay's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eder Mangas ran over to the corner to take the kick. Real Armal F.C.'s Eder Mangas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jacobo Nores in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Hector Covarrubias hit a great ball. Eder Mangas got a throw-in 11 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Mariano Rossello. 14 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dionisio Figueres. The referee felt a red card was in order, 15 minutes into the game, when Alan Campos put in a rough tackle. After 15 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Paraguay! Raúl Gasso's late challenge caught a Paraguay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raúl Gasso helped the player get up and apologised. Hector Covarrubias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Hector Covarrubias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dionisio Figueres's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jacobo Nores read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. Eder Mangas made in the 30th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano. Paraguay's Iker Tafalla managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eder Mangas in the 32 minute of the game. After 35 played minutes Real Armal F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Raúl Gasso. Hector Covarrubias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Máximo Maestro having to interfere. Máximo Maestro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Primitivo Escribano in the 41st minute of the match. Paraguay's Xavier Zoido managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Angelo Delgado in the 45 minute of the game. Dionisio Figueres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Raul Venegas charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Raul Venegas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Raul Venegas hit a great ball. Dionisio Figueres struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Jacobo Nores didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Armal F.C.. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionisio Figueres in the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of Real Armal F.C. booed when Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Pardo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute Dionisio Figueres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Primitivo Escribano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Iker Tafalla got a free kick in the 70th minute. 70 minutes into the match, Real Armal F.C.'s Eder Mangas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jacobo Nores narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Paraguay:s Jacobo Nores showed great skill when he stopped Eder Mangas:s penalty. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Eder Mangas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacobo Nores. The Paraguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacobo Nores should have stopped the shot. Eder Mangas made in the 77th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cordairo Garay however managed to control. After 79 minutes of play, Real Armal F.C.'s Dionisio Figueres made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacobo Nores was left in no man's land by his defense there! 84 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Dionisio Figueres came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dionisio Figueres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Hector Covarrubias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paraguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Hector Covarrubias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Máximo Maestro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee blew the final whistle, Real Armal F.C. could leave the field as winners, despite Paraguay having more of the ball for most of the match.