Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mariano Lacasa made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes Dragons XI'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 went over the outstretched arms of Dragons XI's goalie and right to Xavier Figueroa. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Dragons XI's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 7th minute, Chile's Mariano Lacasa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alejo Fe. Alejo Fe yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The supporters of Dragons XI booed when Chile was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gerardo Pozo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 15 played minutes, Dragons XI's Renato Leonhard shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Thiago Pliego came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Dragons XI reached it. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Scherz in the 18th minute of the match. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tizian Stange, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After some careless play in the Dragons XI defense, Mariano Lacasa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alejo Fe. The Dragons XI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alejo Fe should have stopped the shot. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantin Scherz, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Mariano Lacasa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Alejo Fe made a huge save. With a little luck, Dragons XI's Alejo Fe got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dinu Grecea, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. With a little luck, Dragons XI's Alejo Fe got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Mariano Lacasa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alejo Fe was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. The Dragons XI fans' excitement grew in the 40th match minute when Dragons XI's Dinu Grecea 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 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Dinu Grecea made the kick off in the second half. Dinu Grecea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Thiago Pliego made a huge save. Alejo Fe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orlando Casaus in the 57th minute of play. Alejo Fe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dragons XI's Alejo Fe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 64th minute of play. Dragons XI's Linus von Scheliha managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guillermo Fontirroig in the 70 minute of the game. Alejo Fe 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 75th minute. Thiago Pliego took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pang Hong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 79 minutes into the match, Mariano Lacasa notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Dragons XI's Alejo Fe. Alejo Fe was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alejo Fe came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Chile's Guillermo Fontirroig. But to his dismay, Guillermo Fontirroig quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. If Mariano Lacasa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alejo Fe 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 87th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Dragons XI's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Casaus came free, but Alejo Fe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 92nd minute of play forced Dragons XI's goalkeeper Alejo Fe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Chile had played much better football throughout.