Challenge

Mâs Trapito Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, 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. Teofilo Faro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 4th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tristan Sama in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Douglas Koch's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dante Lacasa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Huib Haar in the 15th minute of play. Teofilo Faro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 16th minute of play. Teofilo Faro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 19th match minute, CA Trapito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nejat Alp Köker to maneuver through the defense. Teofilo Faro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 29th minute of play. Huib Haar received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Lacasa came out and tried to block the shot, but Huib Haar slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 32nd minute. After 34 played minutes CA Trapito got a freekick which was hit by Douglas Koch. Tristan Sama had several of the Mexico's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 37 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Dante Lacasa as he didn't even see the shot coming. Teofilo Faro came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. With an all-out effort, CA Trapito's Dante Lacasa threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Huib Haar, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Tristan Sama sent off a good shot on target.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tristan Sama to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Douglas Koch in the 51st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Teofilo Faro in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The throw-in from Huib Haar in the 56th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Facundo Cadaval slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Teofilo Faro. That made the score 2-2 after 58 minutes of play. In the 61st minute Huib Haar 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 a rather tough play, CA Trapito's Diogo Pereira got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diogo Pereira went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. In the 89th minute, Bento Raposo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Teofilo Faro in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 96th minute Huib Haar 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. Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.