Challenge

Tierra Santa
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maikol Colon 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. Sun Guang Jian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Uzuri having to interfere. 14 minutes into the game, Sun Guang Jian was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. CD SHETTANI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. After a rather tough play, CD SHETTANI's Sun Guang Jian got a free kick in the 15th minute. CD SHETTANI's Denis Uzuri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 21st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jupp Ota in the 25th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denis Uzuri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 27th minute of play. After 31 minutes of play CD SHETTANI's Sun Guang Jian 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. After a rather tough play, CD SHETTANI's Sun Guang Jian got a free kick in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 34th minute of play forced CD SHETTANI's goalkeeper Denis Uzuri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Maikol Colon kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 2-0 in the 35 minute of play. If Jupp Ota had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in CD SHETTANI's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Denis Uzuri 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. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 47th minute. 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 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jupp Ota to strike the kick off in the second half. Denis Uzuri was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Joel Gaona capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Joel Gaona really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Denis Uzuri was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Alberto Tafalla capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alberto Tafalla really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. 62 minutes into the match, CD SHETTANI's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Denis Uzuri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Denis Uzuri in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 68 minutes CD SHETTANI'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 taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Alberto Tafalla fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Denis Uzuri quite easily take care of the ball. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ülo Nõmmoja, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. CD SHETTANI made a substitution. Clodomiro Morera replaced Kenneth Aguilar. 76 minutes into the game, one of Mexico:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave CD SHETTANI a penalty, 80 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Maikol Colon, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. 3-2. After a defensive mix-up in CD SHETTANI's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Denis Uzuri came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clodomiro Morera in the 89th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clodomiro Morera, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 94th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. Ülo Nõmmoja charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ülo Nõmmoja the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The CD SHETTANI players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.