Challenge

The Duck Pen
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Franklin de Queiroz got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Syd Cullen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Syd Cullen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 11th minute of play. Thiago Pliego made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Ive Volckaerts sent off a good shot on target. In the 15th minute, Ive Volckaerts reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thiago Pliego. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 19th minute of play forced Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Syd Cullen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Franklin de Queiroz got free with Thiago Pliego in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Franklin de Queiroz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Syd Cullen having to make a save. 25 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Syd Cullen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A hard shot 27 in the game by Franklin de Queiroz from a close distance when the talented Thiago Pliego managed to make a qualified save. Chile's players were relieved. In the 28th minute, Carl Beach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Lacasa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 29th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Syd Cullen. Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Syd Cullen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Hultstrand in the 35th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Robin Hultstrand notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Chile's Thiago Pliego. Thiago Pliego was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robin Hultstrand in the 39th minute of play. Ive Volckaerts made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 40thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Thiago Pliego would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. In the 46th minute of the match Real Death Ducks 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. Ive Volckaerts ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Real Death Ducks's Ive Volckaerts to fire away a dangerous shot which Thiago Pliego despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When Robin Hultstrand came up free with the goalie in the 50th minute, the Real Death Ducks 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 Robin Hultstrand couldn't finish the play. In the 54th minute of the match Marty Ødegaard shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thiago Pliego showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mariano Lacasa took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Syd Cullen. Syd Cullen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. 67 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Franklin de Queiroz came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franklin de Queiroz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Robin Hultstrand came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Syd Cullen, 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 Ive Volckaerts in the 87th minute of play. Syd Cullen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Gerardo Pozo hit a great ball. 95 minutes into the match, Franklin de Queiroz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thiago Pliego. Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Franklin de Queiroz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Real Death Ducks had won after a very even match.