Challenge

George Weah
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Franco Burgos got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lautaro Mancebo in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aggelos Telakos saved George Weahs Academy from getting behind. In the 8th minute, Facundo Cadaval had to leave the field with a concussion. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ngina Njoroge during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mexico's Xavier Seco was substituted for Facundo Cadaval. Ngina Njoroge hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Aggelos Telakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 12th minute of play. Mekatilili Kalekye hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Aggelos Telakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 27th minute of play. Aggelos Telakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. 34 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Franco Burgos came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Mexico's Lorenzo Cazalla seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Lorenzo Cazalla the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mexico protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Lorenzo Cazalla had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 35th minute of the game. One of Mexico:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of George Weahs Academy:s goal. Sorin Capșuneanu hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Aggelos Telakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Aggelos Telakos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Aggelos Telakos 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 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lautaro Mancebo was the one to do the kick off. Mexico's attack was well implemented in the 52nd minute, but when Lautaro Mancebo was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Franco Burgos's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Aggelos Telakos was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alberto Tafalla showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 59 minute of play. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Luca Zorita hit a great ball. 66 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Mwai Emilio Otieno came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aggelos Telakos having to interfere. Luca Rouco hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ngina Njoroge in the 75th minute of the match. Franco Burgos scored 3-2 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Lacasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Ngina Njoroge had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Franco Burgos in the 82nd minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aggelos Telakos, 3-3. Aggelos Telakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 87th minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Mwai Emilio Otieno 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.