Challenge

Gasba Arena
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 crowd rose to their feet as Urbs LC's Bruno Di Iulio slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Hats in the 7th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa 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 Gilberto Hats in the 11th minute of the match. When Pastor Ihazintu came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Urbs LC 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 Pastor Ihazintu couldn't finish the play. In the 14th minute, Pastor Ihazintu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dante Lacasa. The goal made the score 2-0. 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 23rd minute. The corner ended in Lautaro Mancebo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro did a great save. 25 minutes into the match, Pastor Ihazintu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pastor Ihazintu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Eugenio Santoro 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 Gilberto Hats came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Urbs LC 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 Gilberto Hats couldn't finish the play. Bernardo Testa charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernardo Testa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Urbs LC's Bernardo Testa got a free kick in the 35th minute. Eugenio Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of Mexico booed when Urbs LC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruno Di Iulio didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eugenio Santoro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gilberto Hats was the one to do the kick off. Lorenzo Cazalla was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 51 minutes into the match. In the 50th minute, one of Mexico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mexico. Mexico:s Dante Lacasa showed great skill when he stopped Gilberto Hats:s penalty. 52 minutes into the match, Gilberto Hats had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gilberto Hats was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Eugenio Santoro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 55th minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Di Iulio in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Di Iulio in the 59th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Cezary Tusk notched a goal, 5-1, 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. Urbs LC's Ennio Di Marzio was substituted for Gilberto Hats. Urbs LC made a substitution. Arrigo Calcio replaced Bruno Di Iulio. Urbs LC's Edoardo Zuccarini was substituted for Diego Lusi. Alberto Tafalla who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 78thth minute tested the skills of Eugenio Santoro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A collision led to Urbs LC getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Alf Runeberg hit a great ball. Urbs LC's Eugenio Santoro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Urbs LC from getting a goal against them. Urbs LC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Lautaro Mancebo scored to the left of an out of position Eugenio Santoro, making the score, 5-2. Cezary Tusk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ennio Di Marzio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claudio Lombardi was slow to take the kick. During this time Urbs LC's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Mexico booed when Urbs LC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ennio Di Marzio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Eugenio Santoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.