Challenge

Petrovskiy Park
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mikhail Hromchenko got the match started through his kick off. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 6 minutes into the match, Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mikhail Hromchenko. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikhail Hromchenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Chile's Thiago Pliego got control of the ball when Mikhail Hromchenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Matvey Epanchin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Matvey Epanchin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 28th minute of the match. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikhail Hromchenko in the 32nd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Efim Abramov took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Thiago Pliego to make any attempt to save it. The throw-in from Aleksandr Schukin in the 39th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Chile's Francisco Carballar. Chile's Guillermo Fontirroig got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 43rd minute Chile were awarded a corner. Mariano Lacasa went to the cornerflag to take it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evgeniy Kobeko during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Dynamite's Evgeniy Kobeko got a free kick in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mariano Lacasa was the one to do the kick off. Kazemir Gorbachev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikhail Hromchenko in the 54th minute of play. Chile were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after Dynamite's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mariano Lacasa took the corner. If Filimon Nesterenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Francisco Carballar hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th 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. Matvey Epanchin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mikhail Hromchenko'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 69th minute of play. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Matvey Epanchin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. Dynamite's Matvey Epanchin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Dynamite from getting a goal against them. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Matvey Epanchin having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Chile's Francisco Carballar got a free kick in the 74th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Matvey Epanchin. Dynamite's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariano Lacasa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Thiago Pliego came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Dynamite's Mikhail Hromchenko. But to his dismay, Mikhail Hromchenko quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Matvey Epanchin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 85th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th 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. Matvey Epanchin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 92nd minute, Chile's Mariano Lacasa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Matvey Epanchin. Matvey Epanchin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-3. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Dynamite had won after a very even match.