Challenge

Estadio Centenario
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Seco kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Barbutski in the 17th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Uruguay defense, Nacho Barbutski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. The Uruguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joaquin Gayoso should have stopped the shot. Ilcho Argirov made in the 20th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Nacho Barbutski. Joaquin Gayoso didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nacho Barbutski went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nacho Barbutski in the 30th minute of play. Joaquin Gayoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nacho Barbutski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Nacho Barbutski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquin Gayoso was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Francisco Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Vladimir Tomanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 44 minutes of play, Loko Plovdiv's Nacho Barbutski made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joaquin Gayoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nacho Barbutski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Ilcho Argirov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nacho Barbutski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Joaquin Gayoso made a huge save. In the 59th minute, Nacho Barbutski 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camilo Franco in the 63rd minute of play forced Loko Plovdiv's goalkeeper Vladimir Tomanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Uruguay's Francisco Seco in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Loko Plovdiv's goalie prevented a goal. Nacho Barbutski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Loko Plovdiv's Vladimir Tomanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francisco Seco in the 68th minute of play. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Loko Plovdiv's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaime Cazalla was slow to take the kick. During this time Uruguay's players had a chance to rest. After 70 minutes, Ilcho Argirov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Loko Plovdiv and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. 69 minutes into the game, one of Loko Plovdiv:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Uruguay a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jaime Cazalla, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Loko Plovdiv's Vladimir Tomanov. 1-3. In the 73rd minute, Ilcho Argirov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by Nacho Barbutski got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Francisco Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uruguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Francisco Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vladimir Tomanov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 84 minutes, Nacho Barbutski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Loko Plovdiv's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nacho Barbutski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 89 minutes, Alberto Gisbert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Uruguay and the Loko Plovdiv players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Loko Plovdiv's Kalin Mitrushev got a free kick in the 96th minute. The supporters of Loko Plovdiv booed when Uruguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Gisbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Uruguay supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Loko Plovdiv's performance. The match ended with a win for Loko Plovdiv.