Challenge

Field of Dreams
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernan Ler in the 4th minute of play. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Rolando Misael tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fernan Ler in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rolando Misael. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 17th minute of play forced Fractal FC's goalkeeper Bartosz Ziemniak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Fractal FC defense, Alberto Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartosz Ziemniak. The Fractal FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartosz Ziemniak should have stopped the shot. Bartosz Ziemniak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 27th minute of play. In the 27th minute, Joel Gaona 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. Luca Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bartosz Ziemniak having to make a save. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Rolando Misael sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Fractal FC's Fernan Ler slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-2 after 41 minutes of play. The supporters of Fractal FC booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th match minute, Fractal FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidro Garin to maneuver through the defense. The Fractal FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fernan Ler to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Ler in the 51st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidro Garin hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Misael in the 62nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bartosz Ziemniak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 64th minute. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fractal FC'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 Luca Rouco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bartosz Ziemniak in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 67th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Ziemniak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Mexico 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 Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bartosz Ziemniak. Bartosz Ziemniak dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. The supporters of Mexico booed when Fractal FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cipriano Misael didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bartosz Ziemniak was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Joel Gaona. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rolando Misael in the 85th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 88 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Misael, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rolando Misael's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. Bartosz Ziemniak had great luck who in the 96thth minute grab hold of the ball when Joel Gaona from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post.