Challenge

Gurbanovtsi Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Francisco Seco took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Francisco Seco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vilhelm Palonen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Vilhelm Palonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximiliano Escribano in the 8th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, FC Gurbanovtsi's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Seco came free, but Vilhelm Palonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vilhelm Palonen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Seco in the 11th minute of play. After 14 minutes, Paolo Matia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Gurbanovtsi and the Uruguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th minute, Paolo Matia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 15 minutes into the match, FC Gurbanovtsi's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Seco came free, but Vilhelm Palonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Uruguay booed when FC Gurbanovtsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paolo Matia didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Francisco Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uruguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Francisco Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vilhelm Palonen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ognyan Kurudzhiev's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 21stth minute, Joaquin Gayoso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ognyan Kurudzhiev got free with Joaquin Gayoso in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ognyan Kurudzhiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Joaquin Gayoso made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano got a free kick in the 40th minute. 44 minutes into the match, FC Gurbanovtsi's goal looked a bit too open when Maximiliano Escribano came free, but Vilhelm Palonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, FC Gurbanovtsi's goal looked a bit too open when Maximiliano Escribano came free, but Vilhelm Palonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ognyan Kurudzhiev was the one to do the kick off. Alberto Gisbert charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alberto Gisbert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 51 played minutes Uruguay got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Gisbert. In the 52nd minute of the match Timur Achuev shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Joaquin Gayoso showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Francisco Seco came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Uruguay fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Francisco Seco couldn't finish the play. Joaquin Gayoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Trifon Stolarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 69th match minute, Uruguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaime Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. After 70 played minutes, FC Gurbanovtsi's Timur Achuev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Gurbanovtsi reached it. Francisco Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vilhelm Palonen having to interfere. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Uruguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Timur Achuev was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Gurbanovtsi's players had a chance to rest. The corner led FC Gurbanovtsi's Timur Achuev to fire away a dangerous shot which Joaquin Gayoso despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the game's 76th minute FC Gurbanovtsi's Timur Achuev took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Joaquin Gayoso and thus the score was 1-1. 79 minutes in the game Bone Rochev did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nedko Vatov. After a rather tough play, FC Gurbanovtsi's Timur Achuev got a free kick in the 85th minute. 91 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Trifon Stolarov came free, but Joaquin Gayoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Uruguay getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Maximiliano Escribano hit a great ball. Lyuben Mitrakiev's late challenge caught a Uruguay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lyuben Mitrakiev helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC Gurbanovtsi's Lyuben Mitrakiev got a free kick in the 94th minute.