Challenge

Togashi Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jo-Wilfried Schouten got free with Dante Lacasa in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 4th minute of the match Dragons AFC got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jo-Wilfried Schouten ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Melquiades Lico got free with Dante Lacasa in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mexico fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! Dante Lacasa had in the 13thth minute some difficulties stopping Jo-Wilfried Schouten's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Macos Graciani made in the 19th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Dragons AFC's Marco Guerau. In the 21st minute of the match, Prime Hock tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 22 played minutes Dragons AFC got a freekick which was hit by Justino Santos. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prime Hock in the 31st minute of play. In the 31st minute Prime Hock 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. Dragons AFC made a substitution. Nicasio Gomesano replaced Natalio Eneto. A collision led to Dragons AFC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Donato Barbosa hit a great ball. Lorenzo Beckman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Jo-Wilfried Schouten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Prime Hock to strike the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Prime Hock in the 52nd minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Lorenzo Beckman made a huge save. Lorenzo Beckman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lorenzo Beckman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 64th minute of play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prime Hock, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo-Wilfried Schouten in the 74th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 75 played minutes Dragons AFC got a freekick which was hit by Donato Barbosa. A collision led to Dragons AFC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Donato Barbosa hit a great ball. In the 77th minute, Donato Barbosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Alberto Tafalla hit a great ball. After 83 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Dragons AFC! An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 85th minute of play forced Dragons AFC's goalkeeper Lorenzo Beckman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jo-Wilfried Schouten in the 93rd 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 brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jo-Wilfried Schouten in the 95th minute of the match.