Challenge

Defensores del Chaco
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Paraguay's Hector Covarrubias managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mikhail Naumkin in the 12 minute of the game. Jaime Pardo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Egor Urazov having to make a save. Roman Uvarov scored 0-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Nores, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Egor Urazov came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Paraguay's Jaime Pardo. But to his dismay, Jaime Pardo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 22 played minutes Paraguay got a freekick which was hit by Jaime Pardo. Rustam Blinov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 30th minute, Rustam Blinov 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. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rustam Blinov in the 33rd minute of play. Jaime Pardo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute Rustam Blinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Nores saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hector Covarrubias stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Uvarov in the 54th minute of the match. Jacobo Nores was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Rustam Blinov capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rustam Blinov really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. 60 minutes into the game, Rustam Blinov lined in a short shot 1-6 behind a frustrated Jacobo Nores. FC 2 October made a substitution. Efim Soloviev replaced Rustam Blinov. After a rather tough play, FC 2 October's Boris Chigirinskiy got a free kick in the 66th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Efim Soloviev kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jacobo Nores. That made the score 1-7 in the 69 minute of play. Jacobo Nores showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Uvarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. When Efim Soloviev came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the FC 2 October fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Efim Soloviev couldn't finish the play. Boris Chigirinskiys short, quick shot in the 87thth minute got Jacobo Nores to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Jacobo Nores managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when FC 2 October's Efim Soloviev fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. FC 2 October's Efim Soloviev got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.