Challenge

Matasari
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, 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. 3 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marcu Loghin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Delphine Stars's Costică Ciorăscu got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marcu Loghin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 9th minute of play forced Delphine Stars's goalkeeper Marcu Loghin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes Delphine Stars'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. The corner led to Mexico's Luca Rouco getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After a rather tough play, Delphine Stars's Costică Ciorăscu got a free kick in the 12th minute. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luca Zorita took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marcu Loghin. Marcu Loghin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. A well done corner resulted in Alberto Tafalla drilling the ball in to score 0-3 behind Delphine Stars's goalkeeper. The supporters of Mexico booed when Delphine Stars was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Ciorăscu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joel Gaona, 25 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Marcu Loghin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 28th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcu Loghin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcu Loghin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes into the game, Victor Mahonea was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Delphine Stars's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Delphine Stars:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Mexico:s goal. Delphine Stars:s Marcu Loghin showed great skill when he stopped Joel Gaona:s penalty. After a long run with the ball, Joel Gaona did a trick in the 37th minute in front of Delphine Stars's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 0-4. An impressive performance by Mexico's Joel Gaona! A collision led to Delphine Stars getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Emil Rădoi hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcu Loghin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcu Loghin 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 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Tiberiu to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Mugur Gorcea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcu Loghin made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. 62 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Marcu Loghin, 0-5. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Costică Ciorăscu got his second yellow card in the match during the 78th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 78th match minute, Delphine Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costică Ciorăscu to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcu Loghin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Delphine Stars getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Denis Nenciu hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcu Loghin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Marian Taşcău kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 84th minute of play forced Delphine Stars's goalkeeper Marcu Loghin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes had been played when some careless play by Delphine Stars'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. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Delphine Stars.