Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Mariano Lacasa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Martin Alexa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of Chile booed when TAXI-MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Celipe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Krzynowek, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 21st minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gerardo Pozo hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. A nice corner shot did that Pedro Indiano got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Martin Alexa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 29th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Martin Alexa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Chile booed when TAXI-MM- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pedro Celipe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Martin Alexa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 34th minute of the match. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 35th minute of play. Martin Alexa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Costel Vasilescu hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. When Mariano Lacasa came up free with the goalie in the 42nd 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. A collision led to TAXI-MM- getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Pedro Celipe hit a great ball. After having played for 46 minutes, Bernardino Ipar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TAXI-MM-'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Bernardino Ipar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in TAXI-MM-'s zone, Orlando Casaus stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Martin Alexa came out of the goal and Orlando Casaus tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Yuan Di Xing made the kick off in the second half. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Martin Alexa made a huge save. Martin Alexa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 57th minute. Pedro Indiano made a great header on Chile's corner, it was just that TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa managed to reach the ball for a save. Martin Alexa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 62nd minute of play. A collision led to TAXI-MM- getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Pedro Celipe hit a great ball. After 67 played minutes Chile got a freekick which was hit by Orlando Casaus. 68 minutes into the match, Bernardino Ipar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thiago Pliego. Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardino Ipar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Lacasa got free with Martin Alexa in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 76th minute Bernardino Ipar 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. Martin Alexa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 79th minute. Mariano Lacasa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Martin Alexa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 81 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Martin Alexa. Martin Alexa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 83rd minute. Martin Alexa was out of position in the 85 minute of play, and Mariano Lacasa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Mariano Lacasa really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save TAXI-MM- from getting a goal against them. After 91 played minutes TAXI-MM- got a freekick which was hit by Robert Baita. Mariano Lacasa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Martin Alexa having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 92nd minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in TAXI-MM-'s zone, Mariano Lacasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Martin Alexa came out of the goal and Mariano Lacasa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Chile's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.