Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mariano Lacasa started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 6th minute of play. Vitko Hadzhiiliev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Vitko Hadzhiiliev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 15 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute, Pavlin Pintev ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thiago Pliego was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 22nd minute Aan 周瑜 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. Vitko Hadzhiiliev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Orlando Casaus showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 28 minute of play. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aan 周瑜 in the 31st minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Mariano Lacasa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chile's supporters rose to their feet, but Mariano Lacasa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vitko Hadzhiiliev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chile's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pavlin Pintev was slow to take the kick. During this time SPARROWS's players had a chance to rest. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conny Gudmundsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Vitko Hadzhiiliev made a huge save.

SPARROWS made a substitution. Rayko Tzolovski replaced Pavlin Pintev. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chen Yi Ran to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Chen Yi Ran put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Thiago Pliego. Vitko Hadzhiiliev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute, Conny Gudmundsson 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. The supporters of Chile booed when SPARROWS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hakan Emektar didn't get a good kick on the ball. SPARROWS made a substitution. Omar Tadzio replaced Mincho Strahinov. Mariano Lacasa was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 64th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Conny Gudmundsson who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 67thth minute tested the skills of Thiago Pliego when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vitko Hadzhiiliev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 79thth minute of the game Chen Yi Ran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chile's Thiago Pliego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 80th minute Lionel Haaland 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. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chen Yi Ran in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute of the match SPARROWS got a corner. Chile's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rayko Tzolovski ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led SPARROWS's Rayko Tzolovski to fire away a dangerous shot which Thiago Pliego despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chen Yi Ran in the 88th minute of play. Thiago Pliego made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Conny Gudmundsson sent off a good shot on target. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.