Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Arturo Di Matteo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacobo Nores was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 5th minute, Arturo Di Matteo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Calenzano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Arturo Di Matteo charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arturo Di Matteo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 13th minute of the match Primitivo Escribano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Donato Balestra skillfully saved the ball. After 14 played minutes Paraguay got a freekick which was hit by Juan Diego Tenorio. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arturo Di Matteo in the 18th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Arturo Di Matteo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Calenzano fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 30 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Di Matteo came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 33rd play minutes Arturo Di Matteo shot 0-4, a short shot which went by Jacobo Nores and just under the crossbar into goal. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Calenzano's Yaniusky Pardo. But to his dismay, Yaniusky Pardo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. After having played for 43 minutes, Arturo Di Matteo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Calenzano's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arturo Di Matteo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arturo Di Matteo kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Di Matteo in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

In the 52nd minute, Calenzano's Arturo Di Matteo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. In the 56th minute, Juan Diego Tenorio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Paraguay's zone, Arturo Di Matteo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal and Arturo Di Matteo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 60th play minutes Arturo Di Matteo shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Jacobo Nores and just under the crossbar into goal. Calenzano's Pierrot Leenpoels was substituted for Arturo Di Matteo. Calenzano's Alessandro Giocondo was substituted for Yaniusky Pardo. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Juan Diego Tenorio hit a great ball. Paraguay's defense didn't have a chance, in the 71st minute, when Pierrot Leenpoels scored to the left of an out of position Jacobo Nores, making the score, 0-8. 75 minutes into the match, Pierrot Leenpoels had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pierrot Leenpoels was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. Alessandro Giocondo might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alessandro Giocondo ran back to his position shaking his head. After 80 minutes of play, Calenzano's Alessandro Giocondo made it 0-10 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jacobo Nores was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pierrot Leenpoels went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. Comunardo Chizzo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Raul Venegas fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paraguay's protests and gave Raul Venegas a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Raul Venegas got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 93 minutes into the match, Pierrot Leenpoels had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pierrot Leenpoels was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-12. Calenzano played a much better game than Paraguay and deserved their victory. The Paraguay players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.