Challenge

MANDALARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nevada Etxeberria started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saturnino Nieto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Saturnino Nieto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 7th minute of play. With a little luck, Chile's Thiago Pliego got control of the ball when Lucio Toxeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Saturnino Nieto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 15th minute of the match. If Nevada Etxeberria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Chile's zone, Ramón Huguet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thiago Pliego came out of the goal and Ramón Huguet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 20 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Saturnino Nieto. Saturnino Nieto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Lucio Toxeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 28th minute of play forced ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goalkeeper Saturnino Nieto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saturnino Nieto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Saturnino Nieto came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Chile's Mariano Lacasa. But to his dismay, Mariano Lacasa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. When Chile's Mariano Lacasa in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goalie prevented a goal. Saturnino Nieto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th match minute, ALPUJARRAS LIBRE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauren Verges to maneuver through the defense.

When Mariano Lacasa came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Chile fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mariano Lacasa couldn't finish the play. Mariano Lacasa in the 57thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Saturnino Nieto, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Saturnino Nieto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 58th minute of the match. Saturnino Nieto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goalkeeper Saturnino Nieto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nevada Etxeberria in the 64th minute of play. Mariano Lacasa had several of the ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 66 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Saturnino Nieto as he didn't even see the shot coming. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE made a substitution. Cefero Casero replaced Ramón Huguet. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's Gaston Cayuela was substituted for Nevada Etxeberria. After some careless play in the ALPUJARRAS LIBRE defense, Pedro Indiano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saturnino Nieto. The ALPUJARRAS LIBRE fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saturnino Nieto should have stopped the shot. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Saturnino Nieto made a huge save. In the 78th minute Gaston Cayuela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thiago Pliego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Galo Adán hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaston Cayuela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 97th minute of the match Chile got a corner. ALPUJARRAS LIBRE'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. A very nice done corner allowed Xavier Figueroa to score against Saturnino Nieto in ALPUJARRAS LIBRE's goal. 0-9 after 97 minutes. Chile's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.