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Babbis Chatzios DPLD
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. Ermis Xintarianos's late challenge caught a Chile's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ermis Xintarianos helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 8th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chile's Pedro Indiano managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ermis Xintarianos in the 15 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 15th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 16 minutes into the game, Chile's Mariano Lacasa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Menios Chloros made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With his leg Thiago Pliego managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nedim Emekli, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. If Guillermo Fontirroig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga was substituted for Archibaldo Peñaranda. Thiago Pliego made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Nedim Emekli sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nedim Emekli got free with Thiago Pliego in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mariano Lacasa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Menios Chloros read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nedim Emekli was the one to do the kick off. Boruc Smolak charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boruc Smolak the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 51 minutes into the game, one of Mean Machine:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 56 minutes into the game, Daniil Bonoris threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chile's Jose Manzanedo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 58 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Mean Machine from getting a goal against them. 61 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Menios Chloros narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 63 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thiago Pliego narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 64 minutes into the game, Ermis Xintarianos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chile's Francisco Carballar quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mean Machine made a substitution. Luca Milivojević replaced Lakis Mantarinakis. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nedim Emekli in the 71st minute of play. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Menios Chloros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 75th minute of the match. Nedim Emekli'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 77th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Nedim Emekli came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Thiago Pliego narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Agnaldo Braga hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Nedim Emekli'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 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute of the match Mean Machine got a corner. Chile's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nikos Stasinos ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Nikos Stasinos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Chile's Thiago Pliego did a great save. 88 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Menios Chloros, 0-3. Mean Machine's Daniil Bonoris managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jose Manzanedo in the 90 minute of the game. In the 92nd minute Nedim Emekli 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. If Nedim Emekli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 96th minute, Chile's Mariano Lacasa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Menios Chloros. Menios Chloros yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. The Mean Machine fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Chile were clearly better and deserved to take the win.