Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Yuan Di Xing made the kick off and thus started the match. Martin Alexa 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. Martin Alexa came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 8th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 13th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Alexa having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 19th minute. In the 23rd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Martin Alexa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Mexico 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardino Ipar in the 42nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 45th minute of play. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, TAXI-MM-'s Aabel Aibast got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Joel Gaona struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Martin Alexa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Martin Alexa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 55th minute. Luca Rouco was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 60th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Martin Alexa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 71st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacek Krzynowek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by TAXI-MM-'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 Facundo Cadaval fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Martin Alexa quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Martin Alexa was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. A collision led to TAXI-MM- getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Stig-Åke Mager hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute of the match Joel Gaona sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Martin Alexa skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to TAXI-MM- getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Stig-Åke Mager hit a great ball. 87 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Martin Alexa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 90th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd match minute, TAXI-MM- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Baita to maneuver through the defense. After 95 minutes TAXI-MM-'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa managed to reach the ball for a save. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.