Challenge

Oranowo Stadion
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. Dinu Potra started the match with the kick off. Erdi Bender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 3rd minute of the match. Francisco Carballar hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 6th minute Dinu Potra 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. DELUX's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jean Bousquet in the 7th minute. DELUX's Jean Bousquet was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Thiago Pliego in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Erdi Bender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 8th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Chile defense, Dinu Potra kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thiago Pliego. The Chile fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thiago Pliego should have stopped the shot. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind DELUX's goalkeeper Erdi Bender, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Herbert Kaszubowski'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. Herbert Kaszubowski helped the player get up and apologised. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 26th minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdi Bender saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tzanyo Barbutski. Erdi Bender showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Erdi Bender made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 32nd minute of play. Erdi Bender stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mariano Lacasa's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. Erdi Bender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 37th minute of the match. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominik Szoboszlai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erdi Bender made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 42nd minute of play forced DELUX's goalkeeper Erdi Bender to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 46 minutes, Mariano Lacasa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chile's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mariano Lacasa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mariano Lacasa to make the kick off. Pedro Indiano's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Erdi Bender firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Mariano Lacasa came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Chile 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 Mariano Lacasa couldn't finish the play. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Erdi Bender made a huge save. In the 71st minute, Orlando Casaus 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. Chile's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mariano Lacasa in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute Tzanyo Barbutski 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Lacasa got free with Erdi Bender in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Chile's zone, Dinu Potra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thiago Pliego came out of the goal and Dinu Potra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Erdi Bender made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 86th minute of play. After 89 minutes of play DELUX's Herbert Kaszubowski 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. The supporters of Chile booed when DELUX was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herbert Kaszubowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Chile booed when DELUX was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lachezar Túrpomanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the Chile players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for DELUX.