Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona 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. In the 7th match minute, ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lokman Oğuzbay to maneuver through the defense. Gavino Raymundo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as 方岚坤 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-1 in the 19 minute of play. The supporters of Mexico booed when ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. 乔亦军 didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 23rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 defense, Luca Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gavino Raymundo. The ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gavino Raymundo should have stopped the shot. Teofil Sobczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Gavino Raymundo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Raymundo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gavino Raymundo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 42nd minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 43rd minute. Gavino Raymundo had in the 45thth minute some difficulties stopping Joel Gaona's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Teofil Sobczak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teofil Sobczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gavino Raymundo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. Leonardo Leoz made in the 60th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's 鲁德响. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Gavino Raymundo made a huge save. 73 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Teofil Sobczak came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gavino Raymundo. The goal made the score 1-3. 80 minutes into the match, Teofil Sobczak notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 84th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯ 致青春【KICKER】's goalkeeper Gavino Raymundo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th 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. 2-4. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luca Zorita got free with Gavino Raymundo in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.