Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mariano Lacasa made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Sabit Piruz came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 4 minutes into the match, Sabit Piruz 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 Sabit Piruz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. A hard shot 7 in the game by Mariano Lacasa from a close distance when the talented Dimitris Vasilakos managed to make a qualified save. Trifillia.FC's players were relieved. A sloppy throw-in by Felix Garrido in the 8th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Trifillia.FC's Cui Yun Nan. Dimitris Vasilakos made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. After 12 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Cui Yun Nan. In the 16th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ramiro Marcos to maneuver through the defense. Chile's Mariano Lacasa shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 17th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Dimitris Vasilakos but with some difficulty. Sabit Piruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thiago Pliego having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Chile's zone, Waldir Laguna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thiago Pliego came out of the goal and Waldir Laguna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Waldir Laguna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice moves Mariano Lacasa could shoot a difficult shot in the 26th minute, which Dimitris Vasilakos however easily saved by the left post. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Trifillia.FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sabit Piruz in the 30th minute of play. In the 33rd minute Sabit Piruz 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. In the 34th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimitris Vasilakos was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dimitris Vasilakos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. Dimitris Vasilakos made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. Sabit Piruz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trifillia.FC's attentive Cui Yun Nan managed to snatch the ball when Pedro Indiano made a throw-in in the 45th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sabit Piruz made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Dimitris Vasilakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Trifillia.FC's Arturo Orixe got a free kick in the 58th minute. Chile's Thiago Pliego proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Chile from getting a goal against them. Dimitris Vasilakos 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 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Vasilakos. Dimitris Vasilakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. With a little luck, Chile's Thiago Pliego got control of the ball when Sabit Piruz tried to sneak it across the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Trifillia.FC's Dimitris Vasilakos. Dimitris Vasilakos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dimitris Vasilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 91st minute of play.