Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Inocencio Herauso took the kick off in the first half of the match. Hector Covarrubias's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Celso Manni read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaime Pardo got free with Celso Manni in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, TZILACATZIN's Conrado Heriberto got a free kick in the 11th minute. Hermengildo Abadia's late challenge caught a Paraguay's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hermengildo Abadia helped the player get up and apologised. After 14 minutes, Inocencio Herauso mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TZILACATZIN and the Paraguay players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Paraguay's zone, Guido Elivareo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal and Guido Elivareo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jacobo Nores showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ermegildo Corderall, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. TZILACATZIN's Celso Manni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 35th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Alan Campos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inocencio Herauso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaime Pardo to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Primitivo Escribano during the 51st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano got a free kick in the 51st minute. 56 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guido Elivareo. Guido Elivareo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 66 played minutes TZILACATZIN got a freekick which was hit by Ermegildo Corderall. Celso Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Celso Manni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Inocencio Herauso managed to get in a good position for a shot. TZILACATZIN's supporters rose to their feet, but Inocencio Herauso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacobo Nores breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Pardo in the 81st minute of play forced TZILACATZIN's goalkeeper Celso Manni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Hermengildo Abadia in the 92nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias. Despite being the better team, Paraguay failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.