Challenge

Fara Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Alfieri in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 17th minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Angelo Boni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Luca Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Angelo Boni. Farafulla FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Behçet Alp kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Angelo Boni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 24 minutes into the match, Luca Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Angelo Boni. Farafulla FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luca Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 29th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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: 2-3. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 35th minute of the match. Angelo Boni came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Facundo Cadaval. But to his dismay, Facundo Cadaval quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andriy Shevchenko stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Angelo Boni was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Farafulla FC'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. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Lautaro Mancebo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Angelo Boni quite easily take care of the ball. After 57 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Cazalla. After 57 played minutes, Farafulla FC's Andriy Shevchenko shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dante Lacasa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Farafulla FC reached it. Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 60th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Angelo Boni in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Behçet Alp, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 74th minute, Joel Gaona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Alfieri, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. With a little luck, Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Angelo Boni made a huge save. Facundo Cadaval spun around in front of the goal 83 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Farafulla FC's goal. In the 86th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 87th minute of the match. After 92 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Leoz. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 95th minute of the match. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.