Challenge

Stadio San Peretto
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. When Rein Visscher came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Fighting Burning Hearts 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 Rein Visscher couldn't finish the play. In the 5th minute, Camillo Pagliarini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Gaona took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fedele Bruno. Fighting Burning Hearts's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Fedele Bruno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fedele Bruno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. After 12th play minutes Joel Gaona shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Fedele Bruno and just under the crossbar into goal. Fedele Bruno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 16th minute of play. Leonardo Leoz made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lautaro Mancebo. Fighting Burning Hearts's Fedele Bruno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 25th minute of play. Rein Visscher scored 1-1 in the 26th 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. 33 minutes into the match, Fighting Burning Hearts's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Fedele Bruno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fedele Bruno 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 38th minute. Fedele Bruno 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 42nd minute. After 43 played minutes Fighting Burning Hearts got a freekick which was hit by Florian Di Meo. Amerigo Alfieri kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 47th minute, when Rein Visscher sent off a good shot on target.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rein Visscher was the one to do the kick off. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Fedele Bruno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Gaona received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fedele Bruno came out and tried to block the shot, but Joel Gaona slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 59th minute. Fighting Burning Hearts's Ettore Benvenuto was substituted for Ennio Formica. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rein Visscher in the 63rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Rein Visscher stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Rein Visscher tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match clock showed 74 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Tanek Daszkowski sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 79th minute of play forced Fighting Burning Hearts's goalkeeper Fedele Bruno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Fighting Burning Hearts's Cristiano Ferraro was substituted for 胡雄崇. After 81 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Felix Luque. 83 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Fedele Bruno was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 89 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Murat Selim Nejat who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Mexico's goalie and right to Amerigo Alfieri. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Mexico's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Facundo Cadaval who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Fedele Bruno when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a little luck, Fighting Burning Hearts's Fedele Bruno got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Fighting Burning Hearts.