Challenge

Estadio La Fortaleza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mariano Lacasa started the match with the kick off. In the 4thth minute of the game Mariano Lacasa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ilulea FC's Gabby Arias was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eleuterio Mirande. Gabby Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Casaus, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ilulea FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. Eleuterio Mirande's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thiago Pliego read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Eleuterio Mirande recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gabby Arias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mariano Lacasa's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Gabby Arias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute, Ilulea FC's Eleuterio Mirande dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. After 37 minutes Chile's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 史铮坤 who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Ilulea FC's corner Martin Gorbea fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Thiago Pliego quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Eleuterio Mirande kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thiago Pliego. That made the score 2-1 in the 40 minute of play. Gabby Arias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 史铮坤 to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Chile's Mariano Lacasa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gabby Arias made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in Ilulea FC's zone, Mariano Lacasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gabby Arias 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. Eleuterio Mirande sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mariano Lacasa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Gabby Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thiago Pliego didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eleuterio Mirande went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by 史铮坤 in the 67th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th play minute Mariano Lacasa came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Gabby Arias. 3-3. 80 minutes into the match, Chile's Orlando Casaus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gabby Arias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eleuterio Mirande sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 81 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Eleuterio Mirande came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ilulea FC's Gabby Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 83rd minute of play. Paulino Pelagius charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paulino Pelagius the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 85th minute, Paulino Pelagius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eleuterio Mirande in the 88th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Eleuterio Mirande managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ilulea FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eleuterio Mirande was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thiago Pliego breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gabby Arias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 92nd minute. Eleuterio Mirande scored 4-3 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Pliego, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Ilulea FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Chile for much of the match.