Challenge

Ligga Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jackson Nascimento made the kick off which started today's match. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Sílvio Pires played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 3rd minute of play. 5 minutes into the game, Jaime Pardo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Sílvio Pires was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 9th minute, José Paulo Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jaime Pardo scored 0-2 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sílvio Pires, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ATHLETICO PRaiano's Murilo Sanches managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Juan Diego Tenorio in the 16 minute of the game. Jacobo Nores was a little too slow when Jackson Nascimento got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 18th minute. The score was now 1-2. A sloppy throw-in by Jose Sanz in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ATHLETICO PRaiano's José Paulo Almeida. Sílvio Pires stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jaime Pardo's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Jaime Pardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sílvio Pires. ATHLETICO PRaiano's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaime Pardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Sílvio Pires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Covarrubias in the 30th minute of the match. Sílvio Pires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 31st minute of the match. Jackson Nascimento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sílvio Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaime Pardo in the 37th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Pardo came free, but Sílvio Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hector Covarrubias kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. ATHLETICO PRaiano's attentive José Paulo Almeida managed to snatch the ball when Jose Sanz made a throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game. The Paraguay fans' excitement grew in the 46th match minute when Paraguay's Jaime Pardo looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jaime Pardo was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Jaime Pardo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sílvio Pires. That made the score 1-5 in the 51 minute of play. In the 55th minute of the match, Hector Covarrubias got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sílvio Pires was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaime Pardo got free with Sílvio Pires in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jaime Pardo did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-6 to the left of a surprised Sílvio Pires 60 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Iuri Arruda got a free kick in the 67th minute. Sílvio Pires made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Jaime Pardo sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the ATHLETICO PRaiano defense, Jaime Pardo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sílvio Pires. The ATHLETICO PRaiano fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sílvio Pires should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 77 minutes, Sílvio Pires successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Paraguay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Pardo in the 80th minute. At last the ball reached Iker Tafalla at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of ATHLETICO PRaiano. 1-8. In the 84th minute of the match, Hector Covarrubias got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sílvio Pires was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Ivan Prats got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Primitivo Escribano. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano got a free kick in the 88th minute. With a little luck, ATHLETICO PRaiano's Sílvio Pires got control of the ball when Jaime Pardo tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 92 in the game by Jaime Pardo from a close distance when the talented Sílvio Pires managed to make a qualified save. ATHLETICO PRaiano's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hector Covarrubias got free with Sílvio Pires in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Primitivo Escribano in the 94th minute of play forced ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Sílvio Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 96 minutes into the match, ATHLETICO PRaiano's goalkeeper Sílvio Pires had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jaime Pardo.