Challenge

Faraway Field
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. When Pepe Argento came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Lost Boys Sports Academy 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 Pepe Argento couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Remo Maranhense got a free kick in the 10th minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pepe Argento in the 13th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivan Drago, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Pepe Argento notched a goal, 1-1, 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. 23 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pepe Argento. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pepe Argento in the 24th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Merih Demiral was slow to take the kick. During this time Lost Boys Sports Academy's players had a chance to rest. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Pepe Argento kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Pepe Argento sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 36th minute of play forced Lost Boys Sports Academy's goalkeeper Ivan Drago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lost Boys Sports Academy's Pepe Argento in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. After 42 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Joel Gaona. In the 44th match minute, Lost Boys Sports Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yan Quan Ke to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pepe Argento to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 51st minute of play forced Lost Boys Sports Academy's goalkeeper Ivan Drago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 53 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Leonardo Leoz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pepe Argento in the 54th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Pepe Argento 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. Lost Boys Sports Academy's Hu Cheng was substituted for Marcelo Xabat. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Johan Sellberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 70 minutes of play, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Johan Sellberg made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ivan Drago 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 72nd minute. Leonardo Leoz made in the 74th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Lautaro Mancebo however managed to control. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Ivan Drago successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Merih Demiral was slow to take the kick. During this time Lost Boys Sports Academy's players had a chance to rest. Tobias Stenquist hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the game, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Johan Sellberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Lacasa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Lost Boys Sports Academy had won after a very even match.