Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mincho Robledo started the match with the kick off. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Mincho Robledo sped through Chile's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thiago Pliego. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mariano Lacasa got free with Guo Ling Nan in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dancho Chochov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Mincho Robledo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Alan Tamayo hit a great ball. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leocadio Hebia in the 20th minute of the match. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mincho Robledo in the 25th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Mincho Robledo managed to get in a good position for a shot. THE CLUB's supporters rose to their feet, but Mincho Robledo 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. Mincho Robledo scored 0-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Pliego, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 38 minutes into the game, Mariano Lacasa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Guo Ling Nan. Mariano Lacasa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mincho Robledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 45th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guo Ling Nan was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mariano Lacasa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, THE CLUB's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Guo Ling Nan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mincho Robledo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 59th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mincho Robledo in the 61st minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. THE CLUB's Guo Ling Nan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 64th minute of play. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dancho Chochov in the 66th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Mincho Robledo took a quick shot and it went in 2-5 without a chance for Thiago Pliego to make any attempt to save it. In the 83rd minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guo Ling Nan was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-5. THE CLUB made a substitution. Chavdar Belezhkov replaced Leocadio Hebia. If Mincho Robledo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 93 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Guo Ling Nan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. THE CLUB had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.