Challenge

Gniazdo rodowe
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jakub Lukowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 played minutes Thunderstorm Riders got a freekick which was hit by Remigiusz Kasprzak. 17 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remigiusz Kasprzak. In the 19th minute, one of Thunderstorm Riders:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Thunderstorm Riders. The referee gave Mexico a penalty, 19 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Joel Gaona, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Thunderstorm Riders's Cyprian Paciuszko. 0-1. Cyprian Paciuszko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 23rd minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Draš Tič. In the 29th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cyprian Paciuszko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 30th minute after Thunderstorm Riders's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Thunderstorm Riders's goalie and right to Alberto Tafalla. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Thunderstorm Riders's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After a defensive mix-up in Thunderstorm Riders's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cyprian Paciuszko 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. Dante Lacasa was a little too slow when Remigiusz Kasprzak got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 1-1. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakub Lukowski in the 45th minute of the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

When Thunderstorm Riders's Jakub Lukowski in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind Thunderstorm Riders's goalkeeper Cyprian Paciuszko, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 64th minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thunderstorm Riders made a substitution. Jerzy Plachetka replaced Wojciech Jajecznica. In the 65th minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Thunderstorm Riders's Leonard Tworek tried to score from far away in the 66th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cyprian Paciuszko having to interfere. Cyprian Paciuszko 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 71st minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piotr Redisz in the 72nd minute of play. After 76 minutes of play, Thunderstorm Riders's Draš Tič 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! Cyprian Paciuszko didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 83rd minute, Jerzy Plachetka made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakub Lukowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Thunderstorm Riders'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. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cyprian Paciuszko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cyprian Paciuszko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After 96 minutes of play, Thunderstorm Riders's Jerzy Plachetka made it 4-2 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! Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.