Challenge

Hollywood Bowl
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrézinho Dracena kicked off to start the match. Iuri Law showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 4th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Andrézinho Dracena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iuri Law saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Iuri Law tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iuri Law saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 21 minutes of play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iuri Law was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 25th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iuri Law saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Facundo Cadaval was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Luca Zorita hit a great ball. In the 34th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Andrézinho Dracena sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 48 minutes, Ovidiu Adrian managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Hollywood's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ovidiu Adrian was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After the first half Mexico were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andrézinho Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Elias Pätzold 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. Iuri Law took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Elias Pätzold came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Hollywood's Iuri Law played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 62nd minute of play. Daniel Grooten hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Facundo Cadaval got free with Iuri Law in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Iuri Law 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 83rd minute. Mario Jesus José Pablo lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for FC Hollywood! When the match had been going on for 94 minutes, Mexico's Joel Gaona got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Iuri Law.