Challenge

Tarcho Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ultrasy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. Olaf Pankiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 13th minute of play. Olaf Pankiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 14th minute of play. Olaf Pankiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bart Rúsin charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bart Rúsin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olaf Pankiewicz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 23rd minute of play forced Ultrasy's goalkeeper Olaf Pankiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ultrasy's goalkeeper Olaf Pankiewicz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 28th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olaf Pankiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Olaf Pankiewicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Ultrasy's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olaf Pankiewicz came out of the goal and Alberto Tafalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 32 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olaf Pankiewicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 34th match minute, Ultrasy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Czeslaw Rusin to maneuver through the defense. Olaf Pankiewicz came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 38th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Alberto Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olaf Pankiewicz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leonardo Leoz kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Piotrek Rybak made the kick off in the second half. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Olaf Pankiewicz firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 59th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Olaf Pankiewicz was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Olaf Pankiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 69th of the match, Joel Gaona tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Olaf Pankiewicz got in the way and made a wonderful save. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bart Rúsin, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 80 minutes of play, Ultrasy's Bart Rúsin made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Joel Gaona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Olaf Pankiewicz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 84th minute, Joel Gaona 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. Olaf Pankiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 88th minute of the match. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ultrasy throughout the match.