Challenge

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) AFC Viola Gigliati's Timeteo Surco 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. Garin Candina didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eduardo Fontirroig went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 8 minutes into the match, Mario Fernandino notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of AFC Viola Gigliati's Garin Candina. Garin Candina was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the AFC Viola Gigliati defense, Eduardo Fontirroig kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Garin Candina. The AFC Viola Gigliati fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Garin Candina should have stopped the shot. In the 17th minute of the game Mario Fernandino made a throw-in which Eduardo Fontirroig played forward. AFC Viola Gigliati's Garin Candina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduardo Fontirroig in the 18th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Eduardo Fontirroig 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. Ilazki Esquivel hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Garin Candina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Chicote in the 27th minute of play. AFC Viola Gigliati's Samuel Horduña quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Francisco Gallo, made in the 38th minute of the game. Mario Fernandino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Bolivia were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mario Fernandino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, AFC Viola Gigliati's goal looked a bit too open when Eduardo Fontirroig came free, but Garin Candina reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind AFC Viola Gigliati's goalkeeper Garin Candina, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Garin Candina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduardo Fontirroig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Garin Candina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Chicote, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Garin Candina showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Fontirroig in the 66th minute of the match. Alfonso de la Cruz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AFC Viola Gigliati's Frutos Sator was substituted for Waldir Velaz. In the 79th minute, Eduardo Fontirroig 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. Alfonso de la Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Garin Candina having to interfere. Garin Candina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Fontirroig in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute Julio Chicote shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Garin Candina saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, AFC Viola Gigliati's Garin Candina got control of the ball when Eduardo Fontirroig tried to sneak it across the goal line. 0-5 became the score in the 88th minute when Eduardo Fontirroig elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. AFC Viola Gigliati's Garin Candina proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save AFC Viola Gigliati from getting a goal against them. When the match was over Bolivia could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than AFC Viola Gigliati throughout the match.