Challenge

Unicorns Temple
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Paraguay's Jaime Pardo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tudor Bodea went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Isac Drâmba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hector Covarrubias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 15 minutes, Tudor Bodea managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Unicorns ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Tudor Bodea was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Codrin Boc received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jacobo Nores came out and tried to block the shot, but Codrin Boc slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 17th minute. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo got a free kick in the 28th minute. When Aurel Huștiu fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Unicorns ™'s protests and gave Aurel Huștiu a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st match minute, Unicorns ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aurel Huștiu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Pardo in the 34th minute of play forced Unicorns ™'s goalkeeper Isac Drâmba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paraguay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Pardo in the 36th minute. Jaime Pardo scored 2-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Isac Drâmba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tudor Bodea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Jacobo Nores made a huge save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias got a free kick in the 55th minute. Aurel Huștiu got his second yellow card in the match during the 56th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Jaime Pardo scored 2-2 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Isac Drâmba, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Isac Drâmba made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jaime Pardo in the 67th minute. After 70 minutes of play, Unicorns ™'s Calistrat Mihalcea made it 3-2 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! In the 74th minute, Xavier Zoido hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Petrică Ţirpescu was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 75th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. With a little luck, Unicorns ™'s Isac Drâmba got control of the ball when Hector Covarrubias tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Unicorns ™'s goalkeeper Isac Drâmba, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Hector Covarrubias blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Isac Drâmba having to make a save. Paraguay's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Unicorns ™ had won, even though Paraguay had held more of the ball.