Challenge

Haumonia
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in El Gallo de Moron's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nacho Gonzalez 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. In the 8th minute, Ermanno Piccone hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luisinho Laguna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Mexico's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Teofilo Garrote scored to the left of an out of position Dante Lacasa, making the score, 1-0. Joel Gaona scored 1-1 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nacho Gonzalez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nacho Gonzalez having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Felix Luque threw the ball into play from the sideline. El Gallo de Moron's Teofilo Garrote quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nacho Gonzalez having to interfere. In the 36th minute, Luca Zorita got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 38th minute, El Gallo de Moron's Luisinho Laguna dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Nacho Gonzalez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 47th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nacho Gonzalez was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisinho Laguna in the 52nd minute of the match. Teofilo Garrote took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. In the 57th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Macos Graciani got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nacho Gonzalez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 58th 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 Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. In the 60th minute, Luca Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great ball. El Gallo de Moron made a substitution. Jimeno Mikolas replaced Allan Schubert. In the 69th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute Jimeno Mikolas 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 73rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Zorita to maneuver through the defense. El Gallo de Moron's Nacho Gonzalez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save El Gallo de Moron from getting a goal against them. Nacho Gonzalez made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luisinho Laguna in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 87th minute of play forced El Gallo de Moron's goalkeeper Nacho Gonzalez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nacho Gonzalez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 89th minute. In the 92nd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. Leonardo Leoz's late challenge caught a El Gallo de Moron's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leonardo Leoz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 95th minute, Leonardo Leoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. El Gallo de Moron were victorious despite being under pressure from Mexico for much of the match.