Challenge

Héctor Ñato Vacou
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Severino Benino made the kick off which started today's match. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Gabriel Urritz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. After 15 minutes of play, Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Severino Benino 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! An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 25th minute of play forced Atlético y Tiro Rqta's goalkeeper Abelardo Berenguer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Abelardo Berenguer was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Severino Benino in the 33rd minute of play. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Severino Benino in the 34th minute. A nice corner shot did that Severino Benino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 40th minute of play forced Atlético y Tiro Rqta's goalkeeper Abelardo Berenguer 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 Severino Benino, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Joel Gaona blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Abelardo Berenguer having to make a save. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute of the match Atlético y Tiro Rqta got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Severino Benino ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Severino Benino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpected shot in the 57th minute by Lautaro Mancebo got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Erubiel Munio was substituted for Gabriel Urritz. Atlético y Tiro Rqta's Alvaro Izotz was substituted for Damian Sylvester. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Abelardo Berenguer in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Benino in the 62nd minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Severino Benino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Celso Etor hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Abelardo Berenguer, 2-3. In the 78th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Gaona to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the game, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abelardo Berenguer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-5. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The Mexico players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.