Challenge

Cacho Laudonio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Cecilio Martinez 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 6th minute. Leonardo Leoz charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leonardo Leoz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Liu Yuan got free with Dante Lacasa in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cecilio Martinez 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 11th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Athletic Bostero's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Cecilio Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cecilio Martinez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cecilio Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 18th minute of play. If Liu Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ralph Spaan'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. Ralph Spaan helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. Leo Costa was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 31st minute. Athletic Bostero's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 34th minute, Filiberto Gaitano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Athletic Bostero's Jeremiah James got a free kick in the 35th minute. Cecilio Martinez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Leo Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Liu Yuan made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Athletic Bostero's goalkeeper Cecilio Martinez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 60th minute of play forced Athletic Bostero's goalkeeper Cecilio Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Athletic Bostero's Cecilio Martinez got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cecilio Martinez came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 66th minute. Ralph Spaan might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ralph Spaan ran back to his position shaking his head. After 72 minutes of play Mexico's Leonardo Leoz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The audience was convinced that Liu Yuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Felix Luque made in the 87th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lautaro Mancebo immediately put the ball in play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Tipi in the 90th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cecilio Martinez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 95th minute. The Mexico players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.