Challenge

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Chile's Mariano Lacasa 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. Thiago Pliego didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FK Amur's Konstantin Lukyanovich shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by FK Amur'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. The corner led Chile's Mariano Lacasa to fire away a dangerous shot which Bogdan Dyachkov despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After taking down the ball on Chile's corner Xavier Figueroa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Bogdan Dyachkov quite easily take care of the ball. Thiago Pliego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Maksim Ivaschenko in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maksim Ivaschenko got free with Thiago Pliego in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 14 minutes into the match, FK Amur's goal looked a bit too open when Mariano Lacasa came free, but Bogdan Dyachkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thiago Pliego made an important save on a dangerous shot by Danila Skvirskiy in the 18th minute. Thiago Pliego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikolay Sychev in the 24th minute of play. Bogdan Dyachkov came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Chile's Francisco Carballar. But to his dismay, Francisco Carballar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Pedro Indiano kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. The long shot by Danila Skvirskiy in the 38th minute really tested Thiago Pliego's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. 45 minutes into the game, Chile's Mariano Lacasa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogdan Dyachkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Konstantin Lukyanovich to make the kick off. Bogdan Dyachkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 51st minute of the match. With a little luck, FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov got control of the ball when Mariano Lacasa tried to sneak it across the goal line. Konstantin Lukyanovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Chile's Orlando Casaus slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bogdan Dyachkov. That made the score 1-3 after 60 minutes of play. In the 63rd match minute, FK Amur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Tihonovich to maneuver through the defense. Konstantin Lukyanovich received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Thiago Pliego tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th 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. In the 74th minute Chile were awarded a corner. Mariano Lacasa went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FK Amur's goalie and right to Guillermo Fontirroig. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FK Amur's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 77 minutes into the game, Chile's Mariano Lacasa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogdan Dyachkov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Bogdan Dyachkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mariano Lacasa in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Igor Romanchenko 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. Bogdan Dyachkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guillermo Fontirroig in the 85th minute. Bogdan Dyachkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Lacasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruben Borovoy kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Mariano Lacasa struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Bogdan Dyachkov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Chile. When the final whistle sounded Chile left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FK Amur.