Challenge

INFERNO DA LUZ
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Lautaro Mancebo might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tomé Soveral. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lautaro Mancebo ran back to his position shaking his head. Tomé Soveral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 7th minute of the match. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 8th minute. Tiago Domingues received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tomé Soveral read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. In the 13th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Tomé Soveral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 19th minute of play. Tomé Soveral 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 20th minute. 22 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tomé Soveral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when José Augusto Hoffmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when José Augusto Hoffmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Zé Augusto Soares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BENFICA UNITED's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Zé Augusto Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 28th minute of play forced BENFICA UNITED's goalkeeper Tomé Soveral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 30th minute of play forced BENFICA UNITED's goalkeeper Tomé Soveral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Douglas Costa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 36th minute of play forced BENFICA UNITED's goalkeeper Tomé Soveral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomé Soveral was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. With his leg Dante Lacasa managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when BENFICA UNITED's José Augusto Hoffmann fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Alberto Tafalla might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tomé Soveral. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alberto Tafalla ran back to his position shaking his head. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tiago Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Douglas Costa went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute, Lautaro Mancebo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tomé Soveral, passed just outside the right post. Tomé Soveral 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 60th minute. Lautaro Mancebo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Tomé Soveral skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Tomé Soveral managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 67th minute, Ignacio Ioritz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Douglas Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 73rd minute of play forced BENFICA UNITED's goalkeeper Tomé Soveral to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomé Soveral didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Zé Augusto Soares was shown his second yellow card after 79 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Zé Augusto Soares kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by BENFICA UNITED's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tomé Soveral. Tomé Soveral dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Ignacio Ioritz kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Mexico's Joel Gaona ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tomé Soveral. Tomé Soveral yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-7. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Mexico had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.