Challenge

Estadio Nacional
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. In the 4th minute, Heigo Luiga 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 0-1. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Buford Lim made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 8th minute. With his leg Buford Lim managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Chile's Mariano Lacasa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Heigo Luiga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Pliego having to interfere. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind C.A.Independiente's goalkeeper Buford Lim, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tom Misaki scored 0-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Pliego, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tom Misaki in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Buford Lim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tom Misaki to make the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Jose Manzanedo in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by C.A.Independiente's Nereo Frederico. C.A.Independiente's Heigo Luiga got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Buford Lim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 67 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Buford Lim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. C.A.Independiente were furious when Lisandro Mederi was red carded, 68 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Lisandro Mederi hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Buford Lim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jose Manzanedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 72 minutes of play, Chile's Mariano Lacasa made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Buford Lim was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 76th minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Buford Lim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tom Misaki got free with Thiago Pliego in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Tom Misaki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. C.A.Independiente's Quentin Holman was substituted for Ambrosio Ovando. In the 86th minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Buford Lim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tom Misaki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Pliego having to interfere. 93 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Buford Lim narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bernardino Gonsalve kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.