Challenge

Patrik Jensrud
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vincent Aalberts 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 3rd minute. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson. But to his dismay, Rigan Frankson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigan Frankson in the 10th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigan Frankson in the 10th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rigan Frankson in the 11th minute of play. Vincent Aalberts 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 19th minute. Vincent Aalberts made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 20th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo scored 1-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vincent Aalberts, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rigan Frankson's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Vincent Aalberts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 28th minute of the match. Vincent Aalberts 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 29th minute. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Vincent Aalberts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ'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. After 35 minutes of play, CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rigan Frankson in the 38th minute of the match. In the 45th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vincent Aalberts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rigan Frankson was the one to do the kick off. In the 58th minute Rigan Frankson 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. 58 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Rigan Frankson came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rigan Frankson. But to his dismay, Rigan Frankson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. After 65 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vincent Aalberts was left in no man's land by his defense there! Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vincent Aalberts having to interfere. Vincent Aalberts made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vincent Aalberts. That made the score 3-3 after 71 minutes of play. Macos Graciani made in the 75th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lorenzo Cazalla. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luca Zorita in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vincent Aalberts saved CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ from getting behind. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Macos Graciani hit a great ball. In the 81st minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vincent Aalberts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Macos Graciani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yu Ming Xun in the 83rd minute of play. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Vincent Aalberts proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ from getting a goal against them. Marios Theodorou kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luca Zorita got free with Vincent Aalberts in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marios Theodorou might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marios Theodorou ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 96 minutes, Marios Theodorou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marios Theodorou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Mexico players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.