Challenge

Dhafnospiliá Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. A collision led to ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Dorotheos Frantzeskos hit a great ball. Omiros Ntounos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 3rd minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Omiros Ntounos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 7th minute of play forced ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Omiros Ntounos. The ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Omiros Ntounos should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Farid Delecroix tried to sneak it across the goal line. Facundo Cadaval kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adamantios Akrivos in the 15th minute of play. Adamantios Akrivos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 17th minute of play forced ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd match minute, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alkis Kalipolitis to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. 37 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Omiros Ntounos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Omiros Ntounos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stavros Antzas made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Omiros Ntounos 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 55th minute. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-4 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Omiros Ntounos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ made a substitution. Thanasis Vouzakis replaced Farid Delecroix. After a rather tough play, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Thanasis Malioufas got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute Stavros Antzas 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. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 76 minutes into the game, one of Mexico:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 78th minute there was a penalty for ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ. Zinon Makridakis stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Dante Lacasa. 1-4. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Omiros Ntounos firmly grabbed it by the left post. 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 87th minute. In the 90th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 91st minute. Mexico played a much better game than ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ and deserved their victory. The ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.