Challenge

Anatolia Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. After 7 minutes A.C Barak's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to A.C Barak getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Vidal Domingo hit a great ball. When the match had been going on for 9 minutes Joel Gaona shot a great shot from long distance. It looked like a certain goal, but the audience witnessed a really smashing save by Uğuralp Vasfi when he caught the ball only just under the crossbar. In the 10th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. A.C Barak'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. A nice corner shot did that Luca Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Uğuralp Vasfi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of play forced A.C Barak's goalkeeper Uğuralp Vasfi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vidal Domingo got free with Dante Lacasa in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alberto Tafalla might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Uğuralp Vasfi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alberto Tafalla ran back to his position shaking his head. Joel Gaona took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Uğuralp Vasfi. Uğuralp Vasfi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 23rd minute of the match. Uğuralp Vasfi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, A.C Barak's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Uğuralp Vasfi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, A.C Barak's Spas Spitzmüller got a free kick in the 28th minute. A.C Barak's Uğuralp Vasfi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 29th minute of play. Vidal Domingo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Gu Yin kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 47th minute, Ferdi Kadıoğlu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Spas Spitzmüller was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Uğuralp Vasfi in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 54th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Uğuralp Vasfi could save by the left post. Uğuralp Vasfi came out of the goal in the 55th 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 0-2. Uğuralp Vasfi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. 60 minutes into the game, Aila Van cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 62nd 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. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Uğuralp Vasfi made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. 75 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Uğuralp Vasfi, 1-3. In the 79th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vidal Domingo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Aila Van in the 95th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aila Van, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.