Challenge

Maczka Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eugeniusz Kolbert took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 2nd minute of play forced MKS Maczka's goalkeeper Emil Cvitanović to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Folke Samuelsson succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 4th playminute. In the 7th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Cvitanović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in MKS Maczka's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emil Cvitanović 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. Emil Cvitanović 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, Lautaro Mancebo 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. Eugeniusz Kolbert took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Emil Cvitanović tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eugeniusz Kolbert, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. MKS Maczka's Emil Cvitanović proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save MKS Maczka from getting a goal against them. Emil Cvitanović made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Zorita in the 58th minute. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Emil Cvitanović firmly grabbed it by the left post. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Emil Cvitanović made a huge save. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugeniusz Kolbert in the 69th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Emil Cvitanović, 2-1. Emil Cvitanović made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 74th minute. MKS Maczka's Zula Drozdowski was substituted for Wincenty Sakowicz. In the 84th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Cvitanović saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Gaona did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-3 to the left of a surprised Emil Cvitanović 87 minutes into the match. Emil Cvitanović made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 95th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Mexico had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.