Challenge

DEMIRHAN PARK
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, AC DeMiRHaN's Ulu İcabi ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Bai Hong Ao came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gösta Junior was slow to take the kick. During this time AC DeMiRHaN's players had a chance to rest. The corner led AC DeMiRHaN's Wen Nan Fan to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zachariasz Tokarczyk hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the AC DeMiRHaN defense, Alberto Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Demiralp Bintuğ. The AC DeMiRHaN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Demiralp Bintuğ should have stopped the shot. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ulu İcabi in the 24th minute. AC DeMiRHaN's Bai Hong Ao got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 32nd minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. In the 35th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Demiralp Bintuğ. AC DeMiRHaN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Gong Sha Zhou tried to sneak it across the goal line. Demiralp Bintuğ took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. Chad McKinley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wen Nan Fan in the 56th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bai Hong Ao in the 57th minute of play. In the 59thth minute of the game Gong Sha Zhou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Demiralp Bintuğ tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wen Nan Fan in the 65th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulu İcabi, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bai Hong Ao scored 3-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Lacasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wen Nan Fan in the 86th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of Demiralp Bintuğ. AC DeMiRHaN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulu İcabi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Mexico players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.