Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aquilino Ponte made the kick off which started today's match. After 11 minutes of play, Tornadele Siret's Aquilino Ponte made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thiago Pliego was left in no man's land by his defense there! 18 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Aquilino Ponte came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Aquilino Ponte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thiago Pliego was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Emir Işıklar came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute Tornadele Siret were awarded a corner. Zygmunt Zurawski went to the cornerflag to take it. Ricardinho Lopes came out of the goal in the 30th 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 1-1. Ricardinho Lopes made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 38 played minutes Chile got a freekick which was hit by Jose Manzanedo. Aquilino Ponte might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thiago Pliego. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aquilino Ponte ran back to his position shaking his head. Vlad Miniș received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mariano Lacasa to strike the kick off in the second half. Ricardinho Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 51st minute of play. In the 55th minute, Vlad Miniș 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. Thiago Pliego stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aquilino Ponte's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Tornadele Siret's Ricardinho Lopes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 60th minute of play. Ricardinho Lopes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mariano Lacasa went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 73rd minute Mariano Lacasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Lopes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 75th minute of play forced Tornadele Siret's goalkeeper Ricardinho Lopes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardinho Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 80th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aquilino Ponte in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thiago Pliego prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 87 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardinho Lopes. Tornadele Siret's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mariano Lacasa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Orlando Casaus charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orlando Casaus the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The Tornadele Siret fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Tornadele Siret's Aquilino Ponte looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 95th minute, Slawomir Winszman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Chile had won after a very even match.