Challenge

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 8th minute, Lv Zhou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Macos Graciani hit a great ball. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when 范翔宽 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 范翔宽 came free with the goalkeeper in the 22nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dante Lacasa could save by the left post. In the 23rd minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Bogrea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Paul Bogrea was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Zhou in the 26th minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Luca Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Paul Bogrea. BUITRES II's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Paul Bogrea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Mexico booed when BUITRES II was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laurence Suggs didn't get a good kick on the ball. Paul Bogrea came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lv Zhou in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Macos Graciani got a free kick in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 范翔宽 was the one to do the kick off. Lv Zhou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to BUITRES II getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. 范翔宽 hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, BUITRES II's goalkeeper Paul Bogrea had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Lautaro Mancebo scored 1-4 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paul Bogrea, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. BUITRES II's Leonard Lixandru quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Macos Graciani, made in the 65th minute of the game. BUITRES II's Paul Bogrea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 67th minute of play. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Macos Graciani hit a great ball. Lv Zhou blasted a shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dante Lacasa having to make a save. 76 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Lv Zhou came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 78th minute of the game Macos Graciani made a throw-in which Luca Zorita played forward. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Lv Zhou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 86th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 95th minute, Laurence Suggs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paul Bogrea. BUITRES II's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. The BUITRES II fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.