Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Themos Proedropoulos kicked off to start the match. In the 5th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Themos Vranas to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Olívio Correia. That made the score 1-0 after 6 minutes of play. Xavier Zoido charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Zoido the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sakis Paragioudakis 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. Themos Proedropoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 15 minutes into the game, Themos Proedropoulos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jacobo Nores was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 20th match minute, Olympiacos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitris Xiros to maneuver through the defense. Themos Vranas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christos Romanakoglou made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paraguay's Xavier Zoido. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Romanakoglou in the 30th minute of play. The supporters of Paraguay booed when Olympiacos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xosé Lim didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Themos Vranas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dimitris Xiros kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Jacobo Nores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christos Romanakoglou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Themos Proedropoulos 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Romanakoglou in the 41st minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olympiacos FC were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after Paraguay's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sakis Paragioudakis took the corner. After taking down the ball on Olympiacos FC's corner Konstantinos Meletiou fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jacobo Nores quite easily take care of the ball. After 44 minutes Paraguay's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sakis Paragioudakis who took care of the corner kick.

In the 56thth minute of the game Christos Romanakoglou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paraguay's Jacobo Nores was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Christos Romanakoglou came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Olympiacos FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Christos Romanakoglou couldn't finish the play. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Themos Proedropoulos went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. A hard shot 64 in the game by Themos Proedropoulos from a close distance when the talented Jacobo Nores managed to make a qualified save. Paraguay's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Themos Proedropoulos got free with Jacobo Nores in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute, Olympiacos FC's Alexis Kotsanakis 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. 1-6. After 72nd play minutes Themos Proedropoulos shot 1-7, a short shot which went by Jacobo Nores and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Olympiacos FC's Dimitris Xiros got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 77th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Zoido to maneuver through the defense. After 77 played minutes Paraguay got a freekick which was hit by Alan Campos. If Themos Proedropoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Themos Proedropoulos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jacobo Nores. That made the score 1-9 in the 84 minute of play. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themos Proedropoulos in the 87th minute of play. Themos Proedropoulos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-10 in the 89th playminute. 93 minutes into the match, Themos Proedropoulos 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 Themos Proedropoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-11. Olympiacos FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.