Challenge

Patissia Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaime Pardo kicked off to start the match. Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Teodor Romeo kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 13th minute, Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jacobo Nores. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. Paraguay's Jaime Pardo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Vasile Enciulescu, made in the 20th minute of the game. 23 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Leonard Chirculescu came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Paraguay's Jacobo Nores got control of the ball when Leonard Chirculescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Vasile Enciulescu in the 32nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Paraguay's Xavier Zoido. After a defensive mix-up in Paralia Athens's zone, Jaime Pardo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Virgil Olariu came out of the goal and Jaime Pardo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Virgil Olariu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 57th minute. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Juan Diego Tenorio hit a great ball. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonard Chirculescu in the 63rd minute of the match. Juan Diego Tenorio made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paralia Athens's Mircea Robu. 68 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jacobo Nores narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Paralia Athens getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Agostinho Moura hit a great ball. Mircea Robu hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Teodor Romeo 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. Jacobo Nores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonard Chirculescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Paralia Athens players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.