Challenge

Elland Road
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tervel Dushanov got the match started through his kick off. Chile were awarded a corner in the 3th minute after EW® Leeds's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mariano Lacasa took the corner. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Francisco Carballar hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Yanek Metodiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the EW® Leeds defense, Mariano Lacasa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Ruzhekov. The EW® Leeds fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Ruzhekov should have stopped the shot. Chavdar Motekov hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slavi Dramov in the 25th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. EW® Leeds's Nikifor Ruzhekov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Mariano Lacasa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A sloppy throw-in by Stoycho Mladenov in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Chile's Alan Tamayo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 31st minute of play forced EW® Leeds's goalkeeper Nikifor Ruzhekov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind EW® Leeds's goalkeeper Nikifor Ruzhekov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Chile's Guillermo Fontirroig got a free kick in the 36th minute. With 37 minutes on the clock, Gerardo Pozo commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Nikifor Ruzhekov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Casaus, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Chile's Orlando Casaus got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 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.

EW® Leeds's Nikifor Ruzhekov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save EW® Leeds from getting a goal against them. Nikifor Ruzhekov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Casaus in the 59th minute of play. Nikifor Ruzhekov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Casaus, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The audience was convinced that Tervel Dushanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Orlando Casaus got free with Nikifor Ruzhekov in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anatoli Filov in the 81st minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Pliego didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tervel Dushanov went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Slavi Dramov managed to get in a good position for a shot. EW® Leeds's supporters rose to their feet, but Slavi Dramov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thiago Pliego breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tervel Dushanov in the 87th minute of the match. Francisco Carballar kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, EW® Leeds's Chavdar Motekov got a free kick in the 94th minute. Chile's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.