Challenge

Signal Iduna Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Valério Ortiz took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valério Ortiz in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Valério Ortiz 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. 11 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valério Ortiz. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 14th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lara Guadalupi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Mexico's Joel Gaona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lara Guadalupi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valério Ortiz got free with Dante Lacasa in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 22 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Lara Guadalupi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lara Guadalupi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 26th minute of play. Lara Guadalupi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lautaro Mancebo's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. In the 26thth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mexico's defense didn't have a chance, in the 28th minute, when Geert Wijgaert scored to the left of an out of position Dante Lacasa, making the score, 1-1. A throw-in in the 37th minute of the game was made by Joel Gaona with Alberto Tafalla as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Lara Guadalupi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. MAGNIFICOS.FC'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. The corner led Mexico's Luca Rouco to fire away a dangerous shot which Lara Guadalupi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Lara Guadalupi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After 41 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lara Guadalupi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Facundo Cadaval recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in 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. Lara Guadalupi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 52nd minute of play. Lara Guadalupi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 54th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Lara Guadalupi threw himself towards the right post 55 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Lara Guadalupi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save MAGNIFICOS.FC from getting a goal against them. Lara Guadalupi came out of the goal in the 59th 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 1-3. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Lara Guadalupi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lara Guadalupi 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 63rd minute. MAGNIFICOS.FC's Frederico Hermes was substituted for Paul Albeanu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geert Wijgaert in the 69th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lara Guadalupi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 72nd minute of the match. With 73 minutes on the clock, Luca Rouco commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mexico fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 73rd minute. Penalty! After a long run with the ball, Valério Ortiz did a trick in the 75th minute in front of Mexico's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 2-3. An impressive performance by MAGNIFICOS.FC's Valério Ortiz! Lara Guadalupi made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 81 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Lara Guadalupi to make any attempt to save it. After 85 played minutes MAGNIFICOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Requena. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico Hermes in the 91st minute of play. Mané Gerber took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 91st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dante Lacasa. Mexico's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 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.