Challenge

Arena Bulls
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Grêmio Bulls's Romulo Lehen started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wei Shu Gang in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thiago Pliego saved Chile from getting behind. Mariano Lacasa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Henrique Prata tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 9th minute, Rowen Doherty hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Henrique Prata took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Henrique Prata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute of the match Chile got a corner. Grêmio Bulls's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mariano Lacasa ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Guillermo Fontirroig managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Grêmio Bulls's Henrique Prata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 19th minute of play. Henrique Prata 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 20th minute. In the 27th minute, Orlando Casaus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rowen Doherty struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Thiago Pliego didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Grêmio Bulls. 31 minutes into the match, Grêmio Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Henrique Prata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 33rd minute of play forced Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Pliego didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Grêmio Bulls's Romulo Lehen shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Grêmio Bulls's goalkeeper Henrique Prata, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Henrique Prata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 46th match minute, Grêmio Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Toscano to maneuver through the defense. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The audience was convinced that Romulo Lehen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. In the 57th minute of the match, Mariano Lacasa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Henrique Prata was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romulo Lehen in the 60th minute of the match. Grêmio Bulls's Pedrão Prata was substituted for Romulo Lehen. Grêmio Bulls's Ernesto Falcão was substituted for Wei Shu Gang. In the 68th minute, Tony Toscano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mariano Lacasa scored 1-2 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henrique Prata, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Henrique Prata took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariano Lacasa took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henrique Prata. Henrique Prata dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. After 78 played minutes Chile's Mariano Lacasa stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Henrique Prata stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Grêmio Bulls of the goal. Grêmio Bulls's Celso Furtado got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 82ndth minute of the game Pedrão Prata who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chile's Thiago Pliego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Henrique Prata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 84th minute of the match Chile got a corner. Grêmio Bulls's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mariano Lacasa ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Guillermo Fontirroig managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernesto Falcão in the 89th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Pedrão Prata had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thiago Pliego. Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedrão Prata was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Chile's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.