Challenge

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Felix Montigny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 4th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Tours Football Club's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Felix Montigny came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 6 minutes, Alberto Tafalla made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Tours Football Club's Felix Montigny tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Tours Football Club's Felix Montigny played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 11th minute of play. After 12 played minutes Tours Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Joachim Migne. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Felix Montigny breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 14 minutes into the game, Felix Jovanovic was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tours Football Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. A collision led to Tours Football Club getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Felix Jovanovic hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute, Luca Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Felix Montigny was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. After 26 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Montigny was left in no man's land by his defense there! Felix Montigny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Zorita scored 0-6 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felix Montigny, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Felix Montigny didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 37th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Montigny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Montigny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 39 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felix Montigny. Tours Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Felix Montigny. Felix Montigny dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felix Jovanovic to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Felix Montigny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tours Football Club's Felix Montigny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Tours Football Club from getting a goal against them. After 56 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felix Montigny was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tours Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo scored to the left of an out of position Felix Montigny, making the score, 0-12. 64 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Jovanovic came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Montigny didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 68th minute, which inside left pole to 0-14. Felix Montigny didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-15 was the resulting score. 74 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Felix Montigny had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Felix Montigny in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Felix Montigny made a huge save. Felix Montigny made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Lorenzo Cazalla sent off a good shot on target. Felix Montigny didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-17 was the resulting score. Felix Montigny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 86th minute of play. Tours Football Club's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Facundo Cadaval 87 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-18. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Felix Montigny made a huge save. Felix Montigny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Cadaval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felix Montigny came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-19. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Joel Gaona slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Felix Montigny. That made the score 0-20 after 98 minutes of play. The Tours Football Club fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.