Challenge

The Ocean
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Siemen Vitus made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute, Alberto Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lev Tolstoy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 12th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 17th minute of play forced Skrajojantys Olandai's goalkeeper Lev Tolstoy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Agne Kjellberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lev Tolstoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 22nd minute of the match. Skrajojantys Olandai were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tom Beugelsdijk took the corner. The corner led Skrajojantys Olandai's Tom Beugelsdijk to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agne Kjellberg in the 28th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Siemen Vitus sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Siemen Vitus got free with Dante Lacasa in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lev Tolstoy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 31st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Skrajojantys Olandai's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lev Tolstoy came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Skrajojantys Olandai getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Siemen Vitus hit a great ball. Lev Tolstoy came out of the goal in the 39th 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 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lev Tolstoy saved Skrajojantys Olandai from getting behind.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tom Beugelsdijk was slow to take the kick. During this time Skrajojantys Olandai's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Virgilijus Van Dijk almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. 58 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Siemen Vitus came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Lev Tolstoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agne Kjellberg in the 64th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lev Tolstoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Lev Tolstoy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 74th minute. Skrajojantys Olandai's Lev Tolstoy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Skrajojantys Olandai from getting a goal against them. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Lev Tolstoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Skrajojantys Olandai's Lev Tolstoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Skrajojantys Olandai's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lev Tolstoy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 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 86th minute. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Skrajojantys Olandai.