Challenge

Brudzawki
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kazimierz Birkenhagen made the kick off which started today's match. Kazimierz Jastrowicz hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Joel Gaona was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 4th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Bento, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 11th minute of play forced NDVX's goalkeeper Du to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arkadiusz Wogensen'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. Arkadiusz Wogensen helped the player get up and apologised. Mexico's Bautista Elvira was substituted for Lautaro Mancebo. After 13 played minutes NDVX got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiusz Wogensen. NDVX's Du played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 19th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Bento, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22nd match minute, NDVX was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiusz Wogensen to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bautista Elvira in the 23rd minute of play forced NDVX's goalkeeper Du to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the NDVX defense, Bautista Elvira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Du. The NDVX fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Du should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute, Facundo Cadaval 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. In the 28th minute Carlos Bento 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. Du came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. NDVX's Du played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 32nd minute of play. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bautista Elvira in the 46th minute of play forced NDVX's goalkeeper Du to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. NDVX's defense didn't have a chance, in the 53rd minute, when Joel Gaona scored to the left of an out of position Du, making the score, 0-3. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. After 56 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. In the 57th minute of the match Dominik Pietrasz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 60th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Robert Balkiewicz hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Macos Graciani made in the 64th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Luca Zorita immediately put the ball in play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Birkenhagen, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Du took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute, Leonardo Leoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kazimierz Birkenhagen in the 75th minute of play. After 78 minutes of play, NDVX's Kazimierz Birkenhagen made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! 81 minutes into the match, NDVX's goalkeeper Du had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bautista Elvira. After a defensive mix-up in NDVX's zone, Facundo Cadaval stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Du came out of the goal and Facundo Cadaval tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Du made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 86th minute of play. Du showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Bautista Elvira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Bautista Elvira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Du breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the NDVX defense, Bautista Elvira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Du. The NDVX fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Du should have stopped the shot. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.