Challenge

Cacho Saccardi
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Danilo Heli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of Trinidad 4.7 booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Rouco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Danilo Heli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Danilo Heli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 13th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejo Gurutz in the 16th minute of the match. After 17 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elias Gomez who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Trinidad 4.7's corner Elias Gomez fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dante Lacasa quite easily take care of the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Danilo Heli. Trinidad 4.7's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 25 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Trinidad 4.7's Danilo Heli. Danilo Heli was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Danilo Heli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Olof Derksen came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Trinidad 4.7's Olof Derksen 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. 1-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Olof Derksen made a kick off. In the 54th minute Trinidad 4.7 were awarded a corner. Elias Gomez went to the cornerflag to take it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 56th minute of play forced Trinidad 4.7's goalkeeper Danilo Heli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Trinidad 4.7's goalkeeper Danilo Heli had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. 62 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Danilo Heli was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danilo Heli having to interfere. Trinidad 4.7 made a substitution. Leo Ochoa replaced Alejo Gurutz. Trinidad 4.7's Danilo Heli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 72nd minute of play. Danilo Heli made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Trinidad 4.7's Danilo Heli proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Trinidad 4.7 from getting a goal against them. Trinidad 4.7's Astor Diegotxe was substituted for Emmanuel Mammana. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leo Ochoa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Ochoa in the 93rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Leo Ochoa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Trinidad 4.7 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-4. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Trinidad 4.7.