Challenge

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fabio Sadurni started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as NUMBA's Fabio Sadurni slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-0 after 3 minutes of play. Justo Ruy 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 6th minute. The corner led Mexico's Luca Rouco to a score. 1-1 in the 7th minute. Justo Ruy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. NUMBA's Justo Ruy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 19th minute of play. Daniel Aztore hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Justo Ruy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Justo Ruy didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabio Sadurni got free with Dante Lacasa in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Fabio Sadurni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. After 35 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Leoz. Luca Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 41st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Justo Ruy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luca Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 41st minute, Luca Zorita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Justo Ruy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. Justo Ruy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Justo Ruy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 53 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Justo Ruy. NUMBA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Sadurni in the 55th minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Justo Ruy having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonatan Palban in the 63rd minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Sadurni in the 64th minute of play. In the 67th minute Daniel Aztore shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. NUMBA'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. With a little luck, NUMBA's Justo Ruy got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 73 minutes NUMBA'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Justo Ruy in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Sadurni, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the match, NUMBA's goalkeeper Justo Ruy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 92 minutes, Leonardo Leoz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the NUMBA players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of NUMBA booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenzo Cazalla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusebio Caradaro in the 94th minute of the match. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.