Challenge

Arena Kwasek
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olgierd Walkowski in the 5th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tạ Bunk in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute of the match, Gustaw Zembrzuski tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Kwaski Sandomierz's Tạ Bunk. But to his dismay, Tạ Bunk quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olgierd Walkowski in the 24th minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Kwaski Sandomierz's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Barbaros Sargan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Kwaski Sandomierz booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Facundo Cadaval didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute, Gustaw Zembrzuski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 32nd minute Gustaw Zembrzuski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Sargan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tạ Bunk in the 35th minute. When Gustaw Zembrzuski came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Kwaski Sandomierz 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 Gustaw Zembrzuski couldn't finish the play. Luca Zorita kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olgierd Walkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Barbaros Sargan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 54th minute of play. In the 57th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Barbaros Sargan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 59th minute. The corner led Mexico's Alberto Tafalla to fire away a dangerous shot which Barbaros Sargan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Barbaros Sargan made a huge save. After having played for 69 minutes, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Gaona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 76 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Gustaw Zembrzuski came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Barbaros Sargan having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Tạ Bunk was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 92nd played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 94 minutes, Luca Zorita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the Kwaski Sandomierz players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.