Challenge

Fortress
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. Jaime Pardo started the match with the kick off. Paraguay's attentive Raul Venegas managed to snatch the ball when Freddy Ingueros made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. Freddy Ingueros got a throw-in 8 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Segio Lucas. Marquez Uncal kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Paraguay's zone, Xinaro Ebro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal and Xinaro Ebro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute, Jaime Pardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Paraguay fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Unax Valdovinos hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the UD ZAS defense, Jaime Pardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rey Cerezuela. The UD ZAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rey Cerezuela should have stopped the shot. 27 minutes into the game, Cuero Socobio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Jaime Pardo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After a defensive mix-up in Paraguay's zone, William Bucaran stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal and William Bucaran tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hector Covarrubias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Rey Cerezuela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Juan Diego Tenorio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 37th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 42 minutes into the match, William Bucaran had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that William Bucaran was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell William Bucaran to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Unax Valdovinos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 56th minute William Bucaran 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. The throw-in from Freddy Ingueros in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano. After 67 played minutes UD ZAS got a freekick which was hit by Segio Lucas. In the 68th minute of the match Primitivo Escribano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rey Cerezuela skillfully saved the ball. After 70 minutes, Cuero Socobio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UD ZAS and the Paraguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cuero Socobio kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. UD ZAS's Rey Cerezuela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 72nd minute of play. After 76 minutes, Xinaro Ebro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UD ZAS and the Paraguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to UD ZAS getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Xinaro Ebro hit a great ball. Jaime Pardo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 79th playminute. Jaime Pardo might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rey Cerezuela. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jaime Pardo ran back to his position shaking his head. After 93 played minutes UD ZAS got a freekick which was hit by Cuero Socobio. Paraguay played a much better game than UD ZAS and deserved their victory. The UD ZAS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.