Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eliseo Mano started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Eliseo Mano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jacobo Nores was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Eliseo Mano might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Mano ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 6th minute Eliseo Mano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eliseo Mano in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jacobo Nores prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paraguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thomas Filipović was slow to take the kick. During this time Fajteri's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Rugerij Vovk heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 13 minutes into the match, Eliseo Mano notched a goal, 0-2, 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Mano in the 17th minute of play forced Paraguay's goalkeeper Jacobo Nores to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eliseo Mano in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jacobo Nores prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Milisav Kovše managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fajteri's supporters rose to their feet, but Milisav Kovše 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. A collision led to Paraguay getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Juan Diego Tenorio hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Paraguay defense, Eliseo Mano 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. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Eliseo Mano put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Jacobo Nores. Eliseo Mano made in the 33rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rugerij Vovk however managed to control. After 33 played minutes Paraguay got a freekick which was hit by Juan Diego Tenorio. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Mano went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. In the 37th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Zoido to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute, Eliseo Mano 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 0-6. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Mano went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Jaime Pardo made the kick off in the second half. The referee felt a red card was in order, 53 minutes into the game, when Iker Tafalla put in a rough tackle. After 53 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Paraguay! Paraguay's Ivan Prats managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Feručo Camlek in the 57 minute of the game. Eliseo Mano might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Mano ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 58th minute Eliseo Mano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseo Mano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliseo Mano did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-9 to the left of a surprised Jacobo Nores 61 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Paraguay fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 64th minute. Penalty! Thomas Filipović kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the game, Arnulf Vidmar threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Ivan Prats quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Armando Vogrinčič might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Nores. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Armando Vogrinčič ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 74th minute, Fajteri's Milisav Kovše 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. 0-10. 77 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Vogrinčič came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tiburcio Abadie blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacobo Nores having to make a save. 78 minutes into the match, Armando Vogrinčič dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jacobo Nores, 0-11. Armando Vogrinčič scored 0-12 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Nores, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Armando Vogrinčič in the 86 minute of the game. In the 89th minute, Fajteri's Armando Vogrinčič 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. 0-13. After a rather tough play, Paraguay's Juan Diego Tenorio got a free kick in the 94th minute. Armando Vogrinčič received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jacobo Nores came out and tried to block the shot, but Armando Vogrinčič slotted it home off the left post making it 0-14 in the 95th minute. If Rugerij Vovk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 101 minutes into the match, Armando Vogrinčič notched a goal, 0-15, 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. The Fajteri supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Fajteri would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.