Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Цървена звезда's Dobri Pipkov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zapryan Sachanski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. After having played for 8 minutes, Dobri Pipkov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Цървена звезда's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dobri Pipkov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zapryan Sachanski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zapryan Sachanski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd minute of the match Chile got a corner. Цървена звезда's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mariano Lacasa ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Цървена звезда's goalie and right to Xavier Figueroa. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Цървена звезда's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zapryan Sachanski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zapryan Sachanski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 39th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Цървена звезда'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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Mariano Lacasa made the kick off in the second half. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Zapryan Sachanski made a huge save. After 60 minutes of play, Цървена звезда's Diyan Svilarov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thiago Pliego was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Mariano Lacasa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zapryan Sachanski was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zapryan Sachanski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 74th minute. Lilko Shentov hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Chile's Pedro Indiano slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zapryan Sachanski. That made the score 1-2 after 82 minutes of play. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Zapryan Sachanski made a huge save. 86 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Zapryan Sachanski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 92 minutes into the match, Diyan Svilarov 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 Diyan Svilarov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Zapryan Sachanski made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. Chile played a much better game than Цървена звезда and deserved their victory. The Цървена звезда players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.