Challenge

Lealtad Futbol Club
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gilberto Jakobe started the match with the kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When Felix Luque fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mexico's protests and gave Felix Luque a yellow card for diving instead. In the 7th 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. Mexico:s Dante Lacasa showed great skill when he stopped Gilberto Jakobe:s penalty. Joel Gaona hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Gilberto Jakobe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 19th minute of play forced Lealtad Futbol Club's goalkeeper Méndez Marfa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Méndez Marfa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the game, Leonardo Leoz threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lealtad Futbol Club's Bartosz Snaza quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Méndez Marfa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 30th minute of the match. Méndez Marfa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 32nd minute of play. In the 34th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Méndez Marfa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Zorita took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Méndez Marfa. Méndez Marfa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Méndez Marfa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Lealtad Futbol Club's Toro Martínez was substituted for Gilberto Jakobe. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toro Martínez in the 53rd minute of play. After 54 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bartosz Snaza who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Lealtad Futbol Club's Camacho Sanez to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Lealtad Futbol Club's Toro Martínez shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Joel Gaona sped through Lealtad Futbol Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Méndez Marfa. After a rather tough play, Lealtad Futbol Club's Camacho Sanez got a free kick in the 64th minute. Lealtad Futbol Club's Méndez Marfa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Lealtad Futbol Club from getting a goal against them. 69 minutes into the match, Toro Martínez notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Méndez Marfa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 75th minute of play. Macos Graciani made in the 80th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lealtad Futbol Club's Roman Olaverrieta. In the 82nd minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Méndez Marfa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. With a little luck, Lealtad Futbol Club's Méndez Marfa got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alberto Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Méndez Marfa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 97th minute of play. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.