Challenge

Woodpecker Dome
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wim Van Nel kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Ludwig de Pelsmaecker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's Ludwig de Pelsmaecker. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Facundo Cadaval sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's Ludwig de Pelsmaecker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 16th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 20th minute of play forced ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's goalkeeper Ludwig de Pelsmaecker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wim Van Nel in the 21st minute of the match. ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's Ludwig de Pelsmaecker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 26th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Ludwig de Pelsmaecker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 39 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's Alek De Cerpel quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ludwig de Pelsmaecker, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ludwig de Pelsmaecker read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker 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 60th minute. Thomas Van Damme got his second yellow card in the match during the 61st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 61st match minute, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Van Damme to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd play minute Alberto Tafalla came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ludwig de Pelsmaecker. 0-5. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andris De Baere, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker came out of the goal and Alberto Tafalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 68 minutes into the match, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's goalkeeper Ludwig de Pelsmaecker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker came out of the goal in the 72nd 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 0-6. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 76 minutes into the match, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Ludwig de Pelsmaecker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th match minute, ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alek De Cerpel to maneuver through the defense. After 81 minutes ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς'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. After 81 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Cazalla. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ludwig de Pelsmaecker. The ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ludwig de Pelsmaecker should have stopped the shot. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 91st minute. Facundo Cadaval received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ludwig de Pelsmaecker came out and tried to block the shot, but Facundo Cadaval slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 93rd minute. The ภคгς๏tเς ฬ๏๏๔קєςкєгร Ŧς fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.