Challenge

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. GREEN LIONS's Tolis Prinianakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 5th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in GREEN LIONS's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolis Prinianakis came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Tolis Prinianakis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 14 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tolis Prinianakis. GREEN LIONS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tolis Prinianakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. GREEN LIONS's Tolis Prinianakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 21st minute of play. Tolis Prinianakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 26 minutes into the game, one of GREEN LIONS:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Tolis Prinianakis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tolis Prinianakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tolis Prinianakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tolis Prinianakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 36th minute of the match. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merexildo Raimundo in the 44th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

GREEN LIONS made a substitution. 袁棋荣 replaced Merexildo Raimundo. In the 53rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Tafalla to maneuver through the defense. Macos Graciani got a throw-in 55 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joel Gaona. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in GREEN LIONS's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolis Prinianakis came out of the goal and Alberto Tafalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 68th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. GREEN LIONS made a substitution. Pavlos Topoudis replaced Calisto Flayre. Tolis Prinianakis made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. Patryk Jazowski kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Faruk Nafiz Yadigar during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 84th minute, Faruk Nafiz Yadigar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Tolis Prinianakis threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than GREEN LIONS throughout the match.