Challenge

Avant Heim Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Stanislav Hučka started the match with the kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Stanislav came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignác Mračka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 8th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Samuel Stanislav left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Super Saiyans fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Super Saiyans's Ignác Mračka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 31st minute of play. After 33 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Felix Luque. Stanislav Hučka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Super Saiyans's Samuel Stanislav got a free kick in the 37th minute. Ignác Mračka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Super Saiyans'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. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Hučka in the 40th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Róbert Mindidorf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignác Mračka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Rouco's late challenge caught a Super Saiyans's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luca Rouco helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Lindtner, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 51st minute of play forced Super Saiyans's goalkeeper Ignác Mračka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 53 minutes into the match, Super Saiyans's goalkeeper Ignác Mračka had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. When Luca Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 54th 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 Luca Zorita couldn't finish the play. Super Saiyans's attentive Peter Kulik managed to snatch the ball when Leonardo Leoz made a throw-in in the 57th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Ignác Mračka in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Super Saiyans's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ignác Mračka 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. The audience was convinced that Samuel Stanislav's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Leonardo Leoz charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leonardo Leoz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 79th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Leonardo Leoz got a free kick in the 81st minute. A collision led to Super Saiyans getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Róbert Mindidorf hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Stanislav in the 86th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Ignác Mračka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 91 played minutes Super Saiyans got a freekick which was hit by Stanislav Hučka. Leonardo Leoz made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Super Saiyans's Laco Hujsa.