Challenge

Lusail
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) La Scaloneta's Lionel Messi 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. Hungary's Fodor Daniel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Hungary from getting a goal against them. La Scaloneta's Leo Asteri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Major Barna in the 11th minute of play. Leo Asteri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 13th minute of the match. The corner led Hungary's Vörös Henrik to fire away a dangerous shot which Leo Asteri despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 16 minutes La Scaloneta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antal Valentin who took care of the corner kick. In the 24thth minute of the game Major Barna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Scaloneta's Leo Asteri was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Hungary's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel Messi came free, but Fodor Daniel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 37th minute of the match Hungary got a corner. La Scaloneta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Antal Valentin ran over to the corner to take the kick. Hungary's Antal Valentin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Leo Asteri in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Balazs Lajos scored 0-1 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leo Asteri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Leo Asteri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antal Valentin, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. With a little luck, Hungary's Fodor Daniel got control of the ball when Lautaro Martinez tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half Hungary were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Antal Valentin to make the kick off. La Scaloneta's Lionel Messi got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leo Asteri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 53rd minute of play. In the 57th match minute, La Scaloneta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexis MacAlister to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in La Scaloneta's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leo Asteri came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Major Barna put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Leo Asteri. Antal Valentin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Alexis MacAlister hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Major Barna got free with Leo Asteri in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 79 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Leo Asteri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antal Valentin. After having played for 82 minutes, Takacs Tibor managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Takacs Tibor was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. La Scaloneta's Ángel-Fabián Di María was substituted for Leandro Paredes. In the 84th minute, Lautaro Martinez 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Takacs Tibor during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of La Scaloneta booed when Hungary was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Takacs Tibor didn't get a good kick on the ball. 91 minutes into the match, Lautaro Martinez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fodor Daniel. Hungary's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Martinez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The La Scaloneta fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hungary were clearly better and deserved to take the win.