Challenge

Arena Lanzenkirchen
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. 5 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Lanzenkirchen's Karl-Åke Brummer. Karl-Åke Brummer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 14 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Roque Claus came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nicolai Nowak was slow to take the kick. During this time Lanzenkirchen's players had a chance to rest. Lanzenkirchen's Roland Freytag was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dante Lacasa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Niclas Knebel kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Brummer having to interfere. After having played for 21 minutes, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Gaona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Lanzenkirchen booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Facundo Cadaval didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 25th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Luque to maneuver through the defense. Lucjan Bejger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Karl-Åke Brummer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 35th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Octav Bocșan got free with Dante Lacasa in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 43 minutes into the match, Lanzenkirchen's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Karl-Åke Brummer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Patrick Braaby fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. The Lanzenkirchen players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roque Claus made a kick off. Karl-Åke Brummer 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 51st minute. Lanzenkirchen's Karl-Åke Brummer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 55th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Lanzenkirchen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolai Nowak to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Brummer having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roque Claus in the 61st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucjan Bejger in the 63rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roque Claus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octav Bocșan in the 68th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Braaby, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Karl-Åke Brummer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 78th minute. Karl-Åke Brummer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 79th minute. In the 81st match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 86th minute of play forced Lanzenkirchen's goalkeeper Karl-Åke Brummer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick Braaby in the 89th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karl-Åke Brummer was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Joel Gaona capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Joel Gaona really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. 95 minutes into the game, Niclas Knebel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lanzenkirchen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. After 94 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Lanzenkirchen! The Lanzenkirchen fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.