Challenge

Dome of The Hawks
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 4th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 9th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lautaro Mancebo in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ludo Vanden Bossche saved The Everett Hawks from getting behind. The Everett Hawks's Ludo Vanden Bossche played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 20th minute of play. In the 23rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. The Everett Hawks's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ludo Vanden Bossche in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Abdi Mehmet Rakim kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-0 in the 30 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 35th minute of play forced The Everett Hawks's goalkeeper Ludo Vanden Bossche 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 Philip Goorts in the 37th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ludo Vanden Bossche. Ludo Vanden Bossche dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. The The Everett Hawks players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdi Mehmet Rakim stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Ludo Vanden Bossche made a huge save. Ludo Vanden Bossche took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 61 minutes into the match, The Everett Hawks's goal looked a bit too open when Facundo Cadaval came free, but Ludo Vanden Bossche reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fre van Eijnde in the 62nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abdi Mehmet Rakim in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Willem-Jan Grootjans in the 70th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alberto Tafalla hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute Fre van Eijnde shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 74 minutes, Luca Zorita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the The Everett Hawks players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of The Everett Hawks booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Everett Hawks's Luke Van Bostraeten was substituted for Philip Goorts. The Everett Hawks made a substitution. Jorg Van Halssbeeck replaced Willem-Jan Grootjans. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Ludo Vanden Bossche made a huge save. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ludo Vanden Bossche showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. Feijo Fresnos was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 94th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal.