Challenge

Ricardo Vidovi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 2nd minute, one of Chile:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Chile. When the match had been going on for 4 minutes, Los Mega's Mario Joseph got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Thiago Pliego. Chile's Orlando Casaus got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Los Mega's Federico Jaizki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Casaus in the 12th minute of play. After 12 minutes of play, Chile's Orlando Casaus made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Federico Jaizki was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute Guillermo Fontirroig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Jaizki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thiago Pliego made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Francesco Totti sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 17 minutes, Francesco Totti put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Thiago Pliego. Orlando Casaus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the match, Francesco Totti dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Thiago Pliego, 3-1. The supporters of Chile booed when Los Mega was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Valerio didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stig-Arne Melberg got free with Thiago Pliego in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Francesco Totti could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. Guillermo Fontirroig scored 3-2 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Federico Jaizki, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stig-Arne Melberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Orlando Casaus was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute, Francisco Carballar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Los Mega's Angel Valerio got a free kick in the 56th minute. 57 minutes into the match, Chile's Orlando Casaus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Federico Jaizki narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Guillermo Fontirroig got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesco Totti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Federico Jaizki was a little too slow when Orlando Casaus got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 68th minute. The score was now 3-3. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesco Totti in the 73rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Francesco Totti in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Pliego prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Guillermo Fontirroig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hieronim Siwy in the 84th minute of the match. In the 91st match minute, Los Mega was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Inocencio Abeitia to maneuver through the defense. The Chile players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Los Mega from taking control. The game ends in a draw.