Challenge

BERNABEU ALONSO
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Alkan Soysaltürk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Alkan Soysaltürk. A throw-in in the 13th minute of the game was made by Macos Graciani with Luca Zorita as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Enis Dersu took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Dante Lacasa to make any attempt to save it. Alkan Soysaltürk 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 18th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 21st minute of play forced DONPATO's goalkeeper Alkan Soysaltürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Macos Graciani in the 29th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by DONPATO's Gaudencio Ugaitz. Alkan Soysaltürk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 32nd minute of play. When the match clock showed 34 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Lautaro Mancebo sped through DONPATO's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Alkan Soysaltürk. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 41st minute of play forced DONPATO's goalkeeper Alkan Soysaltürk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 42 minutes DONPATO'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. Desiderio Hitz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Enis Dersu was the one to do the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Macos Graciani in the 55th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by DONPATO's Gaudencio Ugaitz. In the 59th minute, Luca Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alkan Soysaltürk. The goal made the score 1-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Gaona kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alkan Soysaltürk. That made the score 1-4 in the 64 minute of play. DONPATO's Alkan Soysaltürk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 69th minute of play. DONPATO made a substitution. Jairo Francesco replaced Lambis Tsekouras. In the 83rdth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DONPATO's Alkan Soysaltürk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 84 minutes into the match, DONPATO's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Alkan Soysaltürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, DONPATO's goal looked a bit too open when Facundo Cadaval came free, but Alkan Soysaltürk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alkan Soysaltürk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 95th minute of the match. Desiderio Hitz charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Desiderio Hitz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 96 played minutes DONPATO got a freekick which was hit by Desiderio Hitz. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than DONPATO.