Challenge

Filfla Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Maximiliano Escribano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Etienne Blanco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 17th minute of the match, John Said got a very nice opportunity to score, but Joaquin Gayoso was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tamer Özguner, made in the 18th minute of the game. Camilo Franco hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. With his leg Joaquin Gayoso managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Filfla United's John Said fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Etienne Blanco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Francisco Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. John Said could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Joaquin Gayoso made a huge save. Francisco Seco's late challenge caught a Filfla United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Francisco Seco helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Filfla United booed when Uruguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Seco didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd match minute, Filfla United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Soprano to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Seco in the 44th minute of play forced Filfla United's goalkeeper Etienne Blanco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. John Said's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 45thth minute, Joaquin Gayoso skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

After a defensive mix-up in Filfla United's zone, Francisco Seco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Etienne Blanco came out of the goal and Francisco Seco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Etienne Blanco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Gisbert, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Uruguay's Alberto Gisbert suffered a sore thigh after 56 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Tamer Özguner fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Filfla United's protests and gave Tamer Özguner a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th match minute, Filfla United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tamer Özguner to maneuver through the defense. Filfla United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thomas Sapienza in the 62nd minute. After taking down the ball on Filfla United's corner Thomas Sapienza fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joaquin Gayoso quite easily take care of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Jaime Cazalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Uruguay's supporters rose to their feet, but Jaime Cazalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Etienne Blanco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Filfla United's Etienne Blanco got control of the ball when Francisco Seco tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dragoş Afloarei in the 68th minute of play forced Uruguay's goalkeeper Joaquin Gayoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Joaquin Gayoso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A throw-in in the 75th minute of the game was made by Tamer Özguner with Tony Soprano as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano got a free kick in the 78th minute. Camilo Franco hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu in the 80th minute of the match. Mateo Garrido hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. 82 minutes into the match, Hüseyin Rahmi Avcu notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Uruguay's Joaquin Gayoso. Joaquin Gayoso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Dragoş Afloarei's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joaquin Gayoso was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Francisco Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Etienne Blanco having to interfere. Filfla United's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.