Challenge

Stadio Cornaredo
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Gauthier Lepre made the kick off and thus started the match. If Gauthier Lepre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Paraguay booed when FC Lugano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hugo Haller didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hector Covarrubias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Claus Pratter tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Jaime Pardo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Claus Pratter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 11th minute of the match. After some careless play in the FC Lugano defense, Jaime Pardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claus Pratter. The FC Lugano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claus Pratter should have stopped the shot. Claus Pratter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Claus Pratter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. After having played for 23 minutes, Jaime Pardo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paraguay's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jaime Pardo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 25 minutes into the game, Jaime Pardo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Claus Pratter was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 30th minute, Hector Covarrubias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claus Pratter was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 33 minutes into the game, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Claus Pratter made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Odysseus De Souza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Lugano's attentive Fidelio Haller managed to snatch the ball when Raul Venegas made a throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game. After some careless play in the FC Lugano defense, Jaime Pardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claus Pratter. The FC Lugano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claus Pratter should have stopped the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Claus Pratter stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hector Covarrubias's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. Claus Pratter made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Jaime Pardo sent off a good shot on target. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Lugano's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Pardo was slow to take the kick. During this time Paraguay's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Juan Diego Tenorio advanced and headed the ball into goal, 0-7 in the 56th minute. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Haller in the 60th minute of play. 66 minutes into the game, Jaime Pardo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Claus Pratter was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 71st minute Jaime Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claus Pratter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute Jaime Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claus Pratter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th minute, Jaime Pardo made a precise shot to the right of Claus Pratter. FC Lugano's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. The supporters of Paraguay booed when FC Lugano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gauthier Lepre didn't get a good kick on the ball. FC Lugano's Claus Pratter proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save FC Lugano from getting a goal against them. Primitivo Escribano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 92 minutes of play, Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Claus Pratter was left in no man's land by his defense there!