Challenge

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Javier García tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Javier García showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 13th minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Javier García. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lautaro Mancebo ran back to his position shaking his head. Javier García 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 17th minute. Javier García 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 25th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 27 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Javier García made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 36th minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lakis Kazantzakis in the 37th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iosif Glossopoulos during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 38 played minutes O.T.E got a freekick which was hit by Iosif Glossopoulos. Javier García took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Alberto Tafalla hit a great ball. O.T.E's Javier García played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Orlando Rivera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Javier García tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Javier García took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thrasivoulos Stamatis's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thrasivoulos Stamatis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to O.T.E getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Thrasivoulos Stamatis hit a great ball. Alberto Tafalla kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Javier García made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 63rd minute of play. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. O.T.E made a substitution. Özen Baroğlu replaced Orlando Rivera. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joel Gaona in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Javier García prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 79th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. O.T.E'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. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Javier García having to interfere. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Özen Baroğlu in the 87th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes O.T.E got a freekick which was hit by Thrasivoulos Stamatis. Alberto Tafalla struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Javier García didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico.