Challenge

La BonXanera
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Narciso Ferraz started the match with the kick off. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 6th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evelio Blasi. In the 9th minute, Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s Vito Veloso ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 20 minutes into the game, Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s Narciso Ferraz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Lacasa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. 24 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Narciso Ferraz came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Luca Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yannick Turpault 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 28th minute. Luizão Vieira hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s Rusi Moskal was substituted for Narciso Ferraz. Luizão Vieira kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th match minute, Belisca Xana Sport Club ® was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Régis Castro to maneuver through the defense. Rusi Moskal received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Lacasa came out and tried to block the shot, but Rusi Moskal slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 37th minute. In the 42nd minute, Joel Gaona got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Joel Gaona took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yannick Turpault. Yannick Turpault dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s goalkeeper Yannick Turpault had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 57th minute. Yannick Turpault made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Belisca Xana Sport Club ®'s Jackson Nascimento was substituted for Evelio Blasi. A collision led to Belisca Xana Sport Club ® getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Régis Castro hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Yannick Turpault didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vito Veloso in the 75th minute of play. In the 78th minute Rusi Moskal 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. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rusi Moskal in the 78th minute of the match. Hermínio Rezende kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vito Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Yannick Turpault made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 82nd minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Jackson Nascimento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jackson Nascimento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Vito Veloso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. 93 minutes into the match, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Yannick Turpault narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jackson Nascimento in the 94th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rusi Moskal, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. 97 minutes into the match, Rusi Moskal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rusi Moskal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-2.