Challenge

Lealtad Futbol Club
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Méndez Marfa came out of the goal in the 4th 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 0-1. Lealtad Futbol Club's attentive Bartosz Snaza managed to snatch the ball when Leonardo Leoz made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. In the 9th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Méndez Marfa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Méndez Marfa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Gilberto Jakobe 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 1-1. Méndez Marfa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Gilberto Jakobe's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Méndez Marfa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Méndez Marfa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 27th minute of the match. Lealtad Futbol Club's Méndez Marfa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 29th minute of play. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Gilberto Jakobe tried to sneak it across the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Méndez Marfa. Lealtad Futbol Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 44th minute of play forced Lealtad Futbol Club's goalkeeper Méndez Marfa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Lealtad Futbol Club getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Liu Chuan Cheng hit a great ball. Méndez Marfa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Lealtad Futbol Club made a substitution. Toro Martínez replaced Gilberto Jakobe. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Méndez Marfa made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Iwo Jaszcz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lealtad Futbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Iwo Jaszcz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joel Gaona succeeded in the game's 67th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-3. Weather Diz hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Jaszcz in the 74th minute of the match. Luca Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Méndez Marfa having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Méndez Marfa in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Facundo Cadaval fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Méndez Marfa having to interfere. 83 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lealtad Futbol Club's Camacho Sanez quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Méndez Marfa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Macos Graciani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ahmet Nafiz Tolunay charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ahmet Nafiz Tolunay the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ahmet Nafiz Tolunay hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Lealtad Futbol Club's Intriago Alpanseque was substituted for Ahmet Nafiz Tolunay. In the 96th match minute, Lealtad Futbol Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmet Nafiz Tolunay to maneuver through the defense. When Liu Chuan Cheng fell near the penalty area in the 98th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lealtad Futbol Club's protests and gave Liu Chuan Cheng a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Lealtad Futbol Club getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Liu Chuan Cheng hit a great ball. Mexico played a much better game than Lealtad Futbol Club and deserved their victory. The Lealtad Futbol Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.