Challenge

Saw Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, 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. Damian Pleban started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Stasio Grajewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Xavier Zoido hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the game, Aggressive Workout's Damian Pleban nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jacobo Nores made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 18th match minute, Aggressive Workout was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stasio Grajewski to maneuver through the defense. Ricky Krone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaime Pardo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Aggressive Workout getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Stasio Grajewski hit a great ball. Jaime Pardo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 25th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Primitivo Escribano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ricky Krone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hector Covarrubias kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Pleban in the 32nd minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kai Kambach. 44 minutes into the match, Damian Pleban notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Paraguay's Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Aggressive Workout's Damian Pleban got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jaime Pardo to strike the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ricky Krone narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Donald Höppner'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. Donald Höppner helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Aggressive Workout getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Donald Höppner hit a great ball. 59 minutes into the game, Jaime Pardo lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Ricky Krone. With his leg Ricky Krone managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Paraguay's Jaime Pardo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 67th minute, Primitivo Escribano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 75 minutes, Hector Covarrubias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paraguay's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hector Covarrubias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. During the 76th minute of the match Donald Höppner completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Donald Höppner a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 77 played minutes Aggressive Workout got a freekick which was hit by Donald Höppner. Jaime Pardo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 79thth minute, Ricky Krone skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 86th minute Kai Kambach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jaime Pardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Ricky Krone tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Many of Paraguay's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Paraguay may have spent more time on the ball, but Aggressive Workout were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.