Challenge

Jerry Park
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. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Zachary Wojno hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Kryspin Owsiak hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Igor Siekierski. Brow Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bogumil Wawro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Brow Team's Bogumil Wawro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 27 minutes into the match, Brow Team's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Igor Siekierski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Mariusz Mroczynski tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Mariusz Mroczynski came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Brow Team 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 Mariusz Mroczynski couldn't finish the play. Igor Siekierski 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 33rd minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogumil Wawro in the 34th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Igor Siekierski having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Czeslaw Tipinski got free with Dante Lacasa in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Igor Siekierski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. The referee felt a red card was in order, 45 minutes into the game, when Luca Rouco put in a rough tackle. After 44 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mexico! Dante Lacasa had in the 47thth minute some difficulties stopping Norbert Kostrzewa's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Czeslaw Tipinski to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, Brow Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrzej Cichocki to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 61st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Igor Siekierski could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Igor Siekierski in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Czeslaw Tipinski in the 72nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Franciszek Modliszewski went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Tipinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Czeslaw Tipinski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match clock showed 96 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Lautaro Mancebo sped through Brow Team's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Igor Siekierski. 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.