Challenge

Saitama Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Germano Romero made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Germano Romero came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Caetano Moreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. Jacobo Nores stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jorge Fantini's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. If Jorge Fantini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Anselmo Recife hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Pardo in the 33rd minute of play forced THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's goalkeeper Willian de Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jorge Fantini could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Jacobo Nores made a huge save. Jorge Fantinis short, quick shot in the 47thth minute got Jacobo Nores to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

53 minutes into the match, Jorge Fantini notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Paraguay's Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Agnaldo Diniz kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Germano Romero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Fantini in the 64th minute of the match. THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's Willian de Alcântara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Fantini in the 69th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Willian de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hector Covarrubias in the 72nd minute of the match. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Germano Romero in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute Jorge Fantini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Fantini in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Henrique Nóbrega hit a great ball. Hector Covarrubias hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After 90 minutes of play THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's Henrique Nóbrega was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, Jorge Fantini put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Jacobo Nores.