Challenge

José Sand
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Emilio Munio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Munio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Acercate Y Patea de Lejos getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Pepo Hachak hit a great ball. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Severiano Venceslas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Macos Graciani, made in the 16th minute of the game. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 26th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Federico Colas in the 27th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Colas got free with Dante Lacasa in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Federico Colas got free with Dante Lacasa in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dante Lacasa was a little too slow when Federico Colas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 40th minute of play forced Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's goalkeeper Emilio Munio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Federico Colas notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 48 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Damian Su. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damian Su stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Acercate Y Patea de Lejos from getting a goal against them. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Javier Milei was substituted for Teodosio Bilintx. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Kraig Rowley was substituted for Federico Colas. 64 minutes in the game Macos Graciani did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Facundo Cadaval. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emilio Munio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. In the 73rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emilio Munio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Macos Graciani made in the 75th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lautaro Mancebo. Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 76th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emilio Munio 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. With a little luck, Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 83rd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Alberto Tafalla made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's Emilio Munio managed to reach the ball for a save. Emilio Munio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 85th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Kraig Rowley came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Facundo Cadaval's late challenge caught a Acercate Y Patea de Lejos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Facundo Cadaval helped the player get up and apologised. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Acercate Y Patea de Lejos players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.