Challenge

Jerry Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Brow Team's Bogumil Wawro got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Igor Siekierski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Czeslaw Tipinski in the 12th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Czeslaw Tipinski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. 28 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Czeslaw Tipinski. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute, Lautaro Mancebo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Igor Siekierski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 37th minute of play. In the 38th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Facundo Cadaval's late challenge caught a Brow Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Facundo Cadaval helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. Czeslaw Tipinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Brow Team made a substitution. Franciszek Modliszewski replaced Bogumil Wawro. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. After 56 minutes Brow Team'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. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th 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 Feliks Klejnowski in the 64th minute of play. In the 66th minute Czeslaw Tipinski 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. Igor Siekierski made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Igor Siekierski made a huge save. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Brow Team's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Igor Siekierski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Norbert Kostrzewa tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Igor Siekierski. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-3 in the 73rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Igor Siekierski in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariusz Mroczynski, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 87th minute Mariusz Mroczynski 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. After 92 minutes, Luca Rouco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the Brow Team players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The Brow Team supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Mexico's performance. The match ended with a win for Mexico.