Challenge

ORANGE ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Michel Santos kicked off to start the match. APOELHELLAS's Tobias Øverland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Øverland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tobias Øverland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 8th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lykaon Belesis in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 10th minute of play forced APOELHELLAS's goalkeeper Tobias Øverland to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 11th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Øverland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tobias Øverland was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 13 minutes into the match, APOELHELLAS's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Tobias Øverland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tobias Øverland 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 14th minute. 18 minutes into the match, APOELHELLAS's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Tobias Øverland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 23rd minute of play forced APOELHELLAS's goalkeeper Tobias Øverland to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of APOELHELLAS's Tobias Øverland. Tobias Øverland was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In the 34thth minute of the game Luca Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but APOELHELLAS's Tobias Øverland was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Luca Zorita put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Tobias Øverland. 40 minutes into the game, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tobias Øverland made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The supporters of Mexico booed when APOELHELLAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Quique Meckes didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Mexico were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. Tobias Øverland 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 53rd minute. Tobias Øverland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 59th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Øverland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 61 minutes, Facundo Cadaval put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Tobias Øverland. Tobias Øverland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by APOELHELLAS'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. It was a well-played corner which Luca Rouco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Gaona kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tobias Øverland. That made the score 0-5 in the 72 minute of play. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Tobias Øverland made a huge save. 84 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of APOELHELLAS's Tobias Øverland. Tobias Øverland was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. APOELHELLAS's Phaiakes Mitsinikos was substituted for Michel Santos. Tobias Øverland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 92nd minute of play. Tobias Øverland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 97th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tobias Øverland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than APOELHELLAS.