Challenge

Queen Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jeremias Lehoi made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 3 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dobromir Szarmach came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 11th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobromir Szarmach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 12th minute, Jeremias Lehoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dobromir Szarmach took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes into the match, • REGINA •'s goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Dobromir Szarmach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, • REGINA •'s Ivan Fanuco got a free kick in the 22nd minute. • REGINA •'s Dobromir Szarmach played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 24th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dobromir Szarmach breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. • REGINA •'s Dobromir Szarmach played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Laureano Primeiro came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobromir Szarmach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 39th minute, Macos Graciani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the match, Csaba Markovits had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Csaba Markovits was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Laureano Primeiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. After having played for 47 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 56th minute of play forced • REGINA •'s goalkeeper Dobromir Szarmach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ivan Fanuco hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobromir Szarmach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Csaba Markovits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, • REGINA •'s Csaba Markovits got a free kick in the 74th minute. After 76 minutes • REGINA •'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. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Meng Chuan Yong in the 80th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Laureano Primeiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. • REGINA •'s Al Bundy was substituted for Baldomero Emenon. • REGINA • made a substitution. Fryderyk Kanczuszewski replaced Laureano Primeiro. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tolek Jajesniak was slow to take the kick. During this time • REGINA •'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on • REGINA •'s corner Tolek Jajesniak fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dante Lacasa quite easily take care of the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Lehoi in the 90th minute of the match. Dobromir Szarmach didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Mexico played a much better game than • REGINA • and deserved their victory. The • REGINA • players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.