Challenge

Lusail Stadium Doha
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Soltani Drid started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Soltani Drid in the 8th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. Soltani Drid's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 10thth minute, Jacobo Nores skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Gilles Tahar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Qatar Dust Kickers's supporters rose to their feet, but Gilles Tahar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacobo Nores breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Gilles Tahar made in the 16th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paraguay's Xavier Zoido. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Qatar Dust Kickers's Soltani Drid. But to his dismay, Soltani Drid quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. 21 minutes into the game, Gilles Tahar threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Jaime Pardo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Hocine Bentaala could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Jacobo Nores made a huge save. Soltani Drid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 27th minute, Soltani Drid ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jacobo Nores was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. The supporters of Paraguay booed when Qatar Dust Kickers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jussef Ghozali didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mohammed Matoub fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Nores having to interfere. Soltani Drid took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jacobo Nores. Jacobo Nores dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Hector Covarrubias kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 47 minutes into the game, Hocine Bentaala threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Alan Campos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 5-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jaime Pardo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 53 minutes Paraguay's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Abdellah Kader who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Abdellah Kader almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Paraguay's Jacobo Nores did a great save. The supporters of Paraguay booed when Qatar Dust Kickers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Soltani Drid didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 56th match minute, Qatar Dust Kickers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abdelhamid Reda Madouni to maneuver through the defense. Jussef Zemmamouche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Qatar Dust Kickers's Gilles Tahar. But to his dismay, Gilles Tahar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Soltani Drid kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jacobo Nores. The Paraguay fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jacobo Nores should have stopped the shot. 67 minutes into the match, Gilles Tahar 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 Gilles Tahar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. Jacobo Nores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilles Tahar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jacobo Nores stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gilles Tahar's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Soltani Drid notched a goal, 10-0, 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. Soltani Drid struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Jacobo Nores didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Qatar Dust Kickers. For all the effort they put into the match, the Paraguay players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Qatar Dust Kickers.