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Match Report
Crystal Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Lama narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Teofil Walczyk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 9 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Lama narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 11 minutes into the game, Józef Kalafus was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Veth Crystals's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Chile the free kick. In the 11th match minute, Veth Crystals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Józef Kalafus to maneuver through the defense. When Mariano Lacasa came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Chile 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 Mariano Lacasa couldn't finish the play. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Patora in the 27th minute of play. Chile were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Veth Crystals's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mariano Lacasa took the corner. Mariano Lacasa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Marcos Lama tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Veth Crystals's Gwidon Patora in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chile's goalie prevented a goal. When Chile's Mariano Lacasa in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Veth Crystals's goalie prevented a goal. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Patora in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Casaus in the 40th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Marcos Lama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute Erik Persson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thiago Pliego saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 47th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Marcos Lama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mariano Lacasa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marcos Lama was out of position in the 51 minute of play, and Orlando Casaus capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Orlando Casaus really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. If Carlos-Armando Valderrama had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Veth Crystals's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Mariano Lacasa scored to the left of an out of position Marcos Lama, making the score, 1-2. After 67 minutes of play, Chile's Mariano Lacasa made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcos Lama was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcos Lama made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. 74 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcos Lama narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Marcos Lama made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Veth Crystals's Nedas Jameikis got a free kick in the 82nd minute. After 88 played minutes Chile got a freekick which was hit by Francisco Carballar. With a little luck, Veth Crystals's Marcos Lama got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Wierzchowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chile's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.
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