Challenge

José Sand
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mariano Lacasa kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Severiano Venceslas got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 6 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Federico Colas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thiago Pliego narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 10th minute Acercate Y Patea de Lejos were awarded a corner. Jose Gipuzkoa went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 10th minute, Federico Colas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emilio Munio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Chile's Xavier Figueroa to fire away a dangerous shot which Emilio Munio despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Emilio Munio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chile's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jose Gipuzkoa was slow to take the kick. During this time Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Colas in the 32nd minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Luis Erramun hit a great ball. In the 35th minute, Mariano Lacasa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Federico Colas in the 37th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emilio Munio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute of the match Chile got a corner. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos'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 the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Mariano Lacasa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilio Munio having to interfere. 55 minutes into the match, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Federico Colas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thiago Pliego narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emilio Munio having to make a save. Mariano Lacasa did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Emilio Munio 62 minutes into the match. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Javier Milei was substituted for Teodosio Bilintx. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos made a substitution. Kraig Rowley replaced Federico Colas. Kraig Rowley'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 74th minute of play. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Emilio Munio having to make a save. 81 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio. Emilio Munio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 84 minutes into the game, Jose Manzanedo threw the ball into play from the sideline. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Marco Mota quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 85 minutes of play, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Kraig Rowley made it 1-3 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! Javier Milei's late challenge caught a Chile's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Javier Milei helped the player get up and apologised. After 88 played minutes Acercate Y Patea de Lejos got a freekick which was hit by Javier Milei. 93 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emilio Munio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chile played a much better game than Acercate Y Patea de Lejos and deserved their victory. The Acercate Y Patea de Lejos players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.