Challenge

Keşan Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Meng Ke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Orhan Toycan in the 7th minute of the match. The supporters of nRdLiFe booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Luque didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute, Ahmet Orhan Toycan fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Dante Lacasa, passed just outside the right post. Meng Ke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute, Ahmet Hakan Akçay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in nRdLiFe's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Meng Ke came out of the goal and Joel Gaona 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 Alim Karaman in the 17th minute of play. Meng Ke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 18th minute of play. After 21 minutes nRdLiFe'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. The corner went over the outstretched arms of nRdLiFe's goalie and right to Luca Rouco. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. nRdLiFe's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Rouco in the 21st minute of play forced nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Meng Ke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Meng Ke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 27th minute of play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmet Orhan Toycan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 30th minute of play forced nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Meng Ke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Meng Ke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Meng Ke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 36th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. After 40 minutes of play, nRdLiFe's Alim Karaman made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Mexico's Joel Gaona in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye nRdLiFe's goalie prevented a goal. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmet Hakan Akçay to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmet Hakan Akçay, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. nRdLiFe's Meng Ke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save nRdLiFe from getting a goal against them. In the 63rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. nRdLiFe'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 Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Meng Ke despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ahmet Hakan Akçay'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. Ahmet Hakan Akçay helped the player get up and apologised. Ahmet Hakan Akçay hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Ahmet Orhan Toycan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Meng Ke 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 81st minute. In the 83rd minute Dündar Ozansu 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. The corner led nRdLiFe's Jean-Marc Hidalgo to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Orhan Toycan in the 92nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.