Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaime Pardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Douglas de Souza came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Douglas de Souza recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomé Reis during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Floresta Club U18's Tomé Reis got a free kick in the 6th minute. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilmar Castro in the 9th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Tomé Reis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Floresta Club U18's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomé Reis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacobo Nores breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Castro in the 12th minute of the match. Douglas de Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. Douglas de Souza scored 0-3 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Nores, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Hector Covarrubias fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paraguay's protests and gave Hector Covarrubias a yellow card for diving instead. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomé Reis in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomé Reis in the 32nd minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Douglas de Souza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th minute, Gilmar Castro made a precise shot to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After 43 minutes, Douglas de Souza made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Douglas de Souza made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 57 minutes, Douglas de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Floresta Club U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Douglas de Souza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 59 minutes, Gilmar Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Floresta Club U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gilmar Castro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 61 minutes of play, Floresta Club U18's Gilmar Castro made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacobo Nores was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Gilmar Castro put it in 0-7 from a short distance just to the right of Jacobo Nores. In the 70th minute Gilmar Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Douglas de Souza came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Floresta Club U18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ruy da Rocha in the 75th minute. Floresta Club U18 made a substitution. Vito Maia replaced Gilmar Castro. After having played for 79 minutes, Douglas de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Floresta Club U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Douglas de Souza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Floresta Club U18's Tomé Reis got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alan Campos kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Floresta Club U18's Douglas de Souza slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jacobo Nores. That made the score 0-9 after 95 minutes of play. The Floresta Club U18 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.