Challenge

Estadio Centenario
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Francisco Seco made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Leonardo Penha got a free kick in the 3rd minute. When Denis Gergori fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's protests and gave Denis Gergori a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th minute, Maximiliano Escribano 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. Joaquin Gayoso stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leonardo Penha's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Davide Di Tommaso notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso. Joaquin Gayoso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 20 minutes of play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Daniel Olejarz made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Joaquin Gayoso was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Olejarz in the 22nd minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Penha in the 25th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Bruno Beldad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Uruguay's Francisco Seco ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Angelo Bertoni. Angelo Bertoni yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. The audience was convinced that Daniel Olejarz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquin Gayoso was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonardo Penha, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Joaquin Gayoso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Penha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Uruguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Denis Gergori was slow to take the kick. During this time ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's players had a chance to rest. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leonardo Penha in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Joaquin Gayoso prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 40 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Maximiliano Escribano. Denis Gergori took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joaquin Gayoso. Uruguay's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Olejarz in the 45th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leonardo Penha to make the kick off. Davide Di Tommaso recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The nice shot from Leonardo Penha in the 55thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Joaquin Gayoso had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Angelo Bertoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute, Luisito Jerano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Cazalla in the 60th minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd match minute, Uruguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bruno Beldad to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Daniel Olejarz took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Joaquin Gayoso to make any attempt to save it. Maximiliano Escribano charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maximiliano Escribano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Maximiliano Escribano hit a great ball. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Uruguay from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute, Francisco Seco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Uruguay fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-3. Jaime Cazalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leonardo Penha who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 79thth minute tested the skills of Joaquin Gayoso when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Davide Di Tommaso got free with Joaquin Gayoso in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Olejarz in the 85th minute of play. With his leg Joaquin Gayoso managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Leonardo Penha fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Denis Gergori got a free kick in the 90th minute. Angelo Bertoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Cazalla in the 91st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Uruguay defense, Daniel Olejarz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joaquin Gayoso. The Uruguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joaquin Gayoso should have stopped the shot. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.