Challenge

6. Czerwca
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Harun Mengüer kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Nencho Shumarov got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 3rdth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Stipe Pletikosa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Harun Mengüer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 7th minute of the match Fortuna 86 Szczecin 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. Lukasz Panikowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Skapti Škarpa was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Dante Lacasa was a little too slow when Harun Mengüer got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 1-0. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lukasz Panikowski in the 20th minute. Lukasz Panikowski made a great header on Fortuna 86 Szczecin's corner, it was just that Mexico's Dante Lacasa managed to reach the ball for a save. 24 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stipe Pletikosa. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Facundo Cadaval was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 28th minute, Lukasz Panikowski 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. After 31 played minutes Fortuna 86 Szczecin got a freekick which was hit by Nencho Shumarov. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play forced Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stipe Pletikosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play. Fortuna 86 Szczecin were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Lukasz Panikowski took the corner. Lukasz Panikowski made a great header on Fortuna 86 Szczecin's corner, it was just that Mexico's Dante Lacasa managed to reach the ball for a save. Macos Graciani made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Lukasz Panikowski. Stipe Pletikosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Roberto Nirvana was substituted for Harun Mengüer. The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Stipe Pletikosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was a well-played corner which Luca Zorita managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. With his leg Stipe Pletikosa managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 65th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stipe Pletikosa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute of the match, Alberto Tafalla got a very nice opportunity to score, but Stipe Pletikosa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Gustaw Niewiadomski hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Fortuna 86 Szczecin's István Markos was substituted for Nencho Shumarov. Luca Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Stipe Pletikosa made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Fortuna 86 Szczecin's Gustaw Niewiadomski got a free kick in the 76th minute. With his leg Stipe Pletikosa managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Lautaro Mancebo had several of the Fortuna 86 Szczecin's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 81 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Stipe Pletikosa as he didn't even see the shot coming. Roberto Nirvana might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roberto Nirvana ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roberto Nirvana in the 84th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.