Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mariano Lacasa kicked off to start the match. In the 12thth minute of the game De-la-Cruz Fantasia 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Lacasa got free with Odin Saue in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qin Ke Kun in the 19th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Abubakar came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Vincent Abubakar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Thiago Pliego was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 29 played minutes Ballkam Sportsklubb got a freekick which was hit by Radoslaw Sobolewski. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qin Ke Kun, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After a rather tough play, Ballkam Sportsklubb's Christoffer Aarset got a free kick in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when De-la-Cruz Fantasia came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Orlando Casaus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Ballkam Sportsklubb were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when De-la-Cruz Fantasia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Ballkam Sportsklubb was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vincent Abubakar to maneuver through the defense. Mariano Lacasa scored 1-1 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Odin Saue, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 68th minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Odin Saue saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Ballkam Sportsklubb defense, Orlando Casaus kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Odin Saue. The Ballkam Sportsklubb fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Odin Saue should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikki Kassa in the 83rd minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ballkam Sportsklubb's Qin Ke Kun got a free kick in the 85th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Xavier Figueroa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Odin Saue. Ballkam Sportsklubb's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xavier Figueroa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After 89 minutes, Mariano Lacasa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chile and the Ballkam Sportsklubb players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Qin Ke Kun got free with Thiago Pliego in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 96th minute of the match Ballkam Sportsklubb 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. Liu Ying Qing ran over to the corner to take the kick. There was no doubt that Chile were the better team. Chile's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.