Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Edmund Schoettle made the kick off which started today's match. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kristian Willem Neuling. Kristian Willem Neuling 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. Tiger's Kristian Willem Neuling played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to Tiger getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Manuel Gebauer hit a great ball. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 11th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristian Willem Neuling was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Tiger's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luca Rouco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kristian Willem Neuling quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lautaro Mancebo in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kristian Willem Neuling prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 18th minute of play. Joel Gaona scored 0-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kristian Willem Neuling, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kristian Willem Neuling 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 23rd minute. In the 30th minute Edmund Schoettle 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. Edmund Schoettle's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dante Lacasa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tiger were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zinédine Stoletzky took the corner. In the 38th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 44th minute. Dante Lacasa was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Zinédine Stoletzky. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Tiger players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 0-3.

Tiger's Bruno Mätz was substituted for Hartmut Weidenhammer. The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd match minute, Tiger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmund Schoettle to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute Edmund Schoettle 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Schoettle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lorenzo Cazalla lost his temper 66 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mexico fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 65th minute. Penalty! Dante Lacasa had in the 69thth minute some difficulties stopping Edmund Schoettle's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 69 minutes into the match, Edmund Schoettle notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luca Zorita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-4 in the 74th playminute. With a little luck, Tiger's Kristian Willem Neuling got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 81st minute, Lautaro Mancebo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Tiger's Kristian Willem Neuling got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kristian Willem Neuling. Kristian Willem Neuling dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. In the 97th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Kristian Willem Neuling was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The Tiger fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.