Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Iraitz Verdu kicked off to start the match. Emilio Cañarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mariano Lacasa in the 4th minute. Mariano Lacasa in the 4thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Emilio Cañarte, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 5th minute, Mariano Lacasa made a precise shot to the right of Emilio Cañarte. RANGER FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Emilio Cañarte made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Mariano Lacasa sent off a good shot on target. 12 minutes into the match, Chile's goal looked a bit too open when Iraitz Verdu came free, but Thiago Pliego reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Lacasa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emilio Cañarte firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 14 minutes of play, RANGER FC's Iraitz Verdu made it 1-1 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! The throw-in from Alfonso Granata in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Chile's Pedro Indiano. Thiago Pliego stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iraitz Verdu's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. After 27th play minutes Iraitz Verdu shot 1-2, a short shot which went by Thiago Pliego and just under the crossbar into goal. 29 minutes into the match, Pavel Karu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thiago Pliego. Chile's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pavel Karu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A hard shot 34 in the game by Mariano Lacasa from a close distance when the talented Emilio Cañarte managed to make a qualified save. RANGER FC's players were relieved. Anakoz Lapár kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Mariano Lacasa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 37 minutes into the match, RANGER FC's goalkeeper Emilio Cañarte had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mariano Lacasa. In the 38th match minute, Chile was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedro Indiano to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by RANGER FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mariano Lacasa was slow to take the kick. During this time Chile's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Mariano Lacasa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Emilio Cañarte quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 45th minute, Mariano Lacasa 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. Alan Tamayo's late challenge caught a RANGER FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alan Tamayo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 46th minute, Alan Tamayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mariano Lacasa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Emilio Cañarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 62nd minute of play. If Alfonso Granata had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chile's Mariano Lacasa got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Chile's Thiago Pliego played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xzavier Morana in the 71st minute of play. Mariano Lacasa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emilio Cañarte having to interfere. 81 minutes into the match, Chile's goalkeeper Thiago Pliego had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Iraitz Verdu. RANGER FC's Iraitz Verdu came free and shot a quick shot against goal 83 minutes in the game, fortunately Thiago Pliego had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 85th minute, Guillermo 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. Mariano Lacasa might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emilio Cañarte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mariano Lacasa ran back to his position shaking his head. Emilio Cañarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 87th minute of play. In the 94th minute, Mariano Lacasa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emilio Cañarte was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. The Chile supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching RANGER FC's performance. The match ended with a win for RANGER FC.