Challenge

Heppenbach
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Mariano Lacasa made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Genaro Maiorga. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Michael Almqvist in the 6th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Forza Heppenbach's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Karl-Michael Almqvist in the 7th minute. The corner ended in Karl-Michael Almqvist almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chile's Thiago Pliego did a great save. In the 7thth minute of the game Bryan Kant who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chile's Thiago Pliego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 7 minutes, Bryan Kant made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Chile's Thiago Pliego tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. Kristen Van Den Eijnde sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the match, Karl-Michael Almqvist 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 Karl-Michael Almqvist was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Mariano Lacasa took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hans-Joachim Amerhauser. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. After a rather tough play, Forza Heppenbach's Brent Desmet got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute of the match, Genaro Maiorga got a very nice opportunity to score, but Thiago Pliego was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristen Van Den Eijnde in the 44th minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Mariano Lacasa 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. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Karl-Michael Almqvist made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Karl-Michael Almqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Forza Heppenbach's goalkeeper Hans-Joachim Amerhauser, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 59th minute Kristen Van Den Eijnde 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. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Chile's Orlando Casaus got a free kick in the 60th minute. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Karl-Michael Almqvist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 69th minute Orlando Casaus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans-Joachim Amerhauser saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Karl-Michael Almqvist notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Chile's Thiago Pliego. Thiago Pliego was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hans-Joachim Amerhauser made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Casaus in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute Kristen Van Den Eijnde 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. Karl-Michael Almqvist'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 94th minute of play.