Challenge

Tierra de Campeones
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. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, one of Mexico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mexico. In the 7th minute, the referee gave 【E ➣VERON 11 a penalty. János Pálosi looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Dante Lacasa. Felix Luque hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ildefonso Iraunkor in the 14th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Nestor Harkaitz made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 25 minutes in the game Macos Graciani did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Luca Zorita. After 30 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yao Jun Yang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yao Jun Yang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 34th minute of play. 39 minutes into the match, 【E ➣VERON 11's goal looked a bit too open when Facundo Cadaval came free, but Yao Jun Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, 【E ➣VERON 11's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Yao Jun Yang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 42 minutes 【E ➣VERON 11'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. A sloppy throw-in by Luca Zorita in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by 【E ➣VERON 11's Vladimiro Joanes. A collision led to 【E ➣VERON 11 getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Leonardo Bordat hit a great ball. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 48th 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ildefonso Iraunkor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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 56th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yao Jun Yang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yao Jun Yang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 57th minute of play. In the 59thth minute of the game Facundo Cadaval who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 【E ➣VERON 11's Yao Jun Yang was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joel Gaona was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 62nd minute. Mexico's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Jonas Hjeltman kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Mexico's supporters stood up full of expectation in the 64th minute of the game, when Joel Gaona after an extraordinary solo performance found himself with a golden opportunity in front of 【E ➣VERON 11's goal. Joel Gaona was unfortunally a little to anxious and the ball went outside the goal. In the 65th minute, Jonas Hjeltman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Ildefonso Iraunkor 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. Yao Jun Yang 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 71st minute. The audience was convinced that Ildefonso Iraunkor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Modesto Constancio in the 78th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Yao Jun Yang in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 82nd minute, Ildefonso Iraunkor hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 82 played minutes 【E ➣VERON 11 got a freekick which was hit by Cecilio Isadore. In the 83rd match minute Joel Gaona ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Yao Jun Yang. 2-2. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Yao Jun Yang made a huge save. Yao Jun Yang was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Lautaro Mancebo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lautaro Mancebo really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. 90 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Yao Jun Yang. Lautaro Mancebo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-4. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ildefonso Iraunkor in the 97th minute of play.