Challenge

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Cristoforo Balestra got a free kick in the 4th minute. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Zorita got a free kick in the 5th minute. A collision led to MAGNIFICOS.FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Paul Albeanu hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Lara Guadalupi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 10th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as MAGNIFICOS.FC's Valério Ortiz slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-0 after 21 minutes of play. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's Valério Ortiz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dante Lacasa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valério Ortiz in the 35th minute. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 38th minute of play. Lara Guadalupi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 43 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lara Guadalupi. MAGNIFICOS.FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valério Ortiz to make the kick off. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Lara Guadalupi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MAGNIFICOS.FC made a substitution. Geert Wijgaert replaced Valério Ortiz. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Frederico Hermes was substituted for Paul Albeanu. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Geert Wijgaert went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Lara Guadalupi in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lara Guadalupi was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and Alberto Tafalla capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alberto Tafalla really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. Through an outstanding action, after 70 minutes, Lara Guadalupi successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Pedro Requena kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. The throw-in from Leonardo Leoz in the 77th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lech Cipinski. 79 minutes into the match, MAGNIFICOS.FC's goalkeeper Lara Guadalupi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. In the 81stth minute of the game Geert Wijgaert who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Geert Wijgaert put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dante Lacasa. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Lara Guadalupi threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. MAGNIFICOS.FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mexico for a fine match.