Challenge

Stadion Astralny
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fidel Blunt took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute of the match Chile got a corner. Astral's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mariano Lacasa ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 9 minutes of play, Astral's Fidel Blunt made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thiago Pliego was left in no man's land by his defense there! Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bartlomiej Chazen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Pliego having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Fidel Blunt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Fabian Hludzenski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 28th minute of play. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roch Kochniarczyk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Astral's Fabian Hludzenski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 38th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Chile's zone, Sertel Sümer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thiago Pliego came out of the goal and Sertel Sümer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fidel Blunt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. 47 minutes into the game, Gerardo Pozo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chile's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Astral the free kick. In the 47th match minute, Chile was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerardo Pozo to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mariano Lacasa to make the kick off. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fidel Blunt, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 56 minutes into the match, Astral's goalkeeper Fabian Hludzenski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mariano Lacasa. Astral's Fabian Hludzenski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Astral from getting a goal against them. In the 64th minute, Gerardo Pozo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Lacasa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fidel Blunt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 80 minutes of play, Astral's Fidel Blunt made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thiago Pliego was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fabian Hludzenski having to make a save. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Fabian Hludzenski made a huge save. The supporters of Chile booed when Astral was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saturnino Cuartio didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 94 played minutes Astral got a freekick which was hit by Saturnino Cuartio. After a rather tough play, Astral's Saturnino Cuartio got a free kick in the 96th minute.