Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) DREAM ALBANIA's Stefan Grabinski 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. With a little luck, DREAM ALBANIA's Isidoro Maura got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marjan Zlatanovski in the 8th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Mariano Lacasa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Chile fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 17thth minute of the game Stefan Grabinski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chile's Thiago Pliego was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Isidoro Maura. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marjan Zlatanovski in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute DREAM ALBANIA were awarded a corner. Isac Prates went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led DREAM ALBANIA's Isac Prates to fire away a dangerous shot which Thiago Pliego despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When DREAM ALBANIA's Stefan Grabinski in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chile's goalie prevented a goal. Isidoro Maura made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. If Orlando Casaus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Isidoro Maura made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. 36 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Isidoro Maura. DREAM ALBANIA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariano Lacasa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Mo in the 39th minute of play. A collision led to DREAM ALBANIA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Bojan Stojanov hit a great ball. Orlando Casaus could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Isidoro Maura made a huge save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mariano Lacasa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Isidoro Maura came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Chile's Mariano Lacasa. But to his dismay, Mariano Lacasa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After 55 played minutes DREAM ALBANIA got a freekick which was hit by Bojan Stojanov. In the 60th minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Maura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefan Grabinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chile's Pedro Indiano managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bojan Stojanov in the 68 minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in DREAM ALBANIA's zone, Mariano Lacasa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Isidoro Maura came out of the goal and Mariano Lacasa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Grabinski in the 72nd minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Isidoro Maura. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan Grabinski in the 75th minute of play forced Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 76 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Isidoro Maura narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 77th minute of play forced DREAM ALBANIA's goalkeeper Isidoro Maura to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Pliego stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefan Grabinski's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. After 84 minutes DREAM ALBANIA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mariano Lacasa who took care of the corner kick. Chile's Guillermo Fontirroig got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 90th match minute, DREAM ALBANIA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xie Yun Ping to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoro Maura saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chile were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of DREAM ALBANIA for a fine match.