Challenge

El gigante norteño
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jaroslav Nechvátal got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes, Jose Manzanedo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chile and the Club A. Chipa y Tereré players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Chile getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Jose Manzanedo hit a great ball. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chile's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bernardo Cabral was slow to take the kick. During this time Club A. Chipa y Tereré's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Gregorio Elixio managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Xie Chao Cheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orlando Casaus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes into the match, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Xie Chao Cheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 19 minutes of play, Chile's Mariano Lacasa made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xie Chao Cheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xie Chao Cheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Carballar, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Thiago Pliego showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaroslav Nechvátal, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Xie Chao Cheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jaroslav Nechvátal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mariano Lacasa scored 0-2 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Xie Chao Cheng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 38th minute of play forced Club A. Chipa y Tereré's goalkeeper Xie Chao Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Club A. Chipa y Tereré's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardo Cabral in the 40th minute. A nice corner shot did that Bernardo Cabral got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thiago Pliego quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Xie Chao Cheng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mariano Lacasa's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mariano Lacasa was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Jaroslav Nechvátal managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club A. Chipa y Tereré's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jaroslav Nechvátal was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thiago Pliego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaroslav Nechvátal in the 53rd minute of the match. Club A. Chipa y Tereré's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardo Cabral in the 54th minute. After taking down the ball on Club A. Chipa y Tereré's corner Gregorio Elixio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Thiago Pliego quite easily take care of the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Chile's Mariano Lacasa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Xie Chao Cheng made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. With a little luck, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Xie Chao Cheng got control of the ball when Orlando Casaus tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mariano Lacasa recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Xie Chao Cheng got control of the ball when Orlando Casaus tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pedro Indiano who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 68thth minute tested the skills of Xie Chao Cheng when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Xie Chao Cheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Club A. Chipa y Tereré made a substitution. Wen Si Yi replaced Bernardo Cabral. In the 81st match minute, Club A. Chipa y Tereré was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Gaizko to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 85th minute of play forced Club A. Chipa y Tereré's goalkeeper Xie Chao Cheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaroslav Nechvátal in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Jaroslav Nechvátal ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thiago Pliego was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. In the 92nd minute, Jaroslav Nechvátal 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 didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Club A. Chipa y Tereré's Wen Si Yi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Chile were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.