Challenge

Muswell Hill
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hisham Mumtaz got the match started through his kick off. 14 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Farid Ayham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Atletico Beirut's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. Chile's Francisco Carballar was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Farid Ayham in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 22 minutes into the match, Chile's Mariano Lacasa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Farid Ayham narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Aziz Mumtaz kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Farid Ayham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Farid Ayham was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Farid Ayham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 36th 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: 1-2. 40 minutes into the match, Atletico Beirut's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Farid Ayham reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 44th minute, Mostafa Malik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Hisham Mumtaz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mariano Lacasa to strike the kick off in the second half. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florencio Harri in the 55th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Farid Ayham. Atletico Beirut's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariano Lacasa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hisham Mumtaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Farid Ayham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 66th minute of the match. After 67 minutes Atletico Beirut'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. The corner ended in Mariano Lacasa almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham did a great save. In the 70th minute, Mariano Lacasa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With a little luck, Atletico Beirut's Farid Ayham got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Farid Ayham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Farid Ayham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 86th minute of play. Guillermo Fontirroig hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Aziz Mumtaz came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Chile eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.