Challenge

Elder Tale
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Teofil Marud started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hugon Marut. Log Horizon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariano Lacasa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 12 minutes into the match, Log Horizon's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Hugon Marut reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hugon Marut stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mariano Lacasa's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Mariano Lacasa took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hugon Marut. Hugon Marut dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After a rather tough play, Chile's Pedro Indiano got a free kick in the 17th minute. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. Hugon Marut didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Orlando Casaus went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Alan Tamayo hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd 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. When Teofil Marud, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 34 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Thiago Pliego was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mervin Corley in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Pliego prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofil Marud in the 38th minute of the match. Thiago Pliego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mervin Corley in the 44th minute. Elvio Aznar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teofil Marud, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mariano Lacasa was the one to do the kick off. Hugon Marut made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 52nd minute. In the 58th minute Mervin Corley 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. Mariano Lacasa succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 61st playminute. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Guillermo Fontirroig hit a great ball. In the 66th minute Mervin Corley 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. Log Horizon made a substitution. Ciro Hodei replaced Godfredo Terciero. In the 69th minute of the match Log Horizon 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. Silvano Unax ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Elvio Aznar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thiago Pliego quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Amancio Evangelista scored 1-5 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Pliego, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Log Horizon's Hugon Marut got control of the ball when Orlando Casaus tried to sneak it across the goal line. Orlando Casaus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugon Marut having to interfere. Log Horizon's Hugon Marut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Casaus in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute, Log Horizon's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Orlando Casaus fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hugon Marut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orlando Casaus in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 95th minute, Amancio Evangelista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Log Horizon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. When the final whistle sounded Chile left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Log Horizon.