Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Charlie Boström kicked off to start the match. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Renan Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 8 minutes of play, A.A. Francana's Elliott Bergsten made it 1-0 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! Renan Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 10th minute of the match. Renan Melo came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Charlie Boström got free with Dante Lacasa in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in A.A. Francana's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Renan Melo came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 22nd minute of play. Charlie Boström could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. 26 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Renan Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Renan Melo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 29 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Renan Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Renan Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 minutes A.A. Francana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charlie Boström, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliott Bergsten in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elliott Bergsten in the 39th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 43rd minute of play forced A.A. Francana's goalkeeper Renan Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elliott Bergsten in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Renan Melo made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. 53 minutes into the match, Charlie Boström had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Charlie Boström was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Renan Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Tafalla's late challenge caught a A.A. Francana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alberto Tafalla helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute of the match Francisco Secco sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa skillfully saved the ball. In the 63rd minute of the match A.A. Francana 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. Francisco Secco ran over to the corner to take the kick. 64 minutes into the match, A.A. Francana's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Renan Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Renan Melo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alberto Tafalla showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 66 minute of play. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. A.A. Francana's Renan Melo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save A.A. Francana from getting a goal against them. Renan Melo was a little too slow when Facundo Cadaval got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 72nd minute. The score was now 2-4. Elliott Bergsten scored 3-4 in the 79th 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. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Campos in the 87th minute of the match. The corner went over the outstretched arms of A.A. Francana's goalie and right to Luca Rouco. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. A.A. Francana's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal.