Challenge

The wings of success
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aan 周瑜 started the match with the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aan 周瑜 in the 4th minute of the match. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Aan 周瑜 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Aan 周瑜 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aan 周瑜 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 17 minutes SPARROWS'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. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by SPARROWS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Rouco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vitko Hadzhiiliev quite easily take care of the ball. Lionel Haaland kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vitko Hadzhiiliev saved SPARROWS from getting behind. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conny Gudmundsson in the 24th minute of the match. In the 26th minute of the match SPARROWS 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. Rayko Tzolovski ran over to the corner to take the kick. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel Haaland in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Aan 周瑜 made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 36th minute of play. After 36 played minutes SPARROWS got a freekick which was hit by Omar Tadzio. Vitko Hadzhiiliev 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 37th minute. SPARROWS's Rayko Tzolovski got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Vitko Hadzhiiliev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel Haaland in the 56th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chen Yi Ran in the 58th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Conny Gudmundsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 59th minute Conny Gudmundsson 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 Chen Yi Ran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conny Gudmundsson in the 63rd minute of the match. SPARROWS's André Saraiva was substituted for Mincho Strahinov. SPARROWS's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rayko Tzolovski in the 66th minute. SPARROWS's Omar Tadzio was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dante Lacasa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Rayko Tzolovski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, SPARROWS's goalkeeper Vitko Hadzhiiliev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. With a little luck, SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. SPARROWS's Vitko Hadzhiiliev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save SPARROWS from getting a goal against them. In the 83rd minute Conny Gudmundsson 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 Conny Gudmundsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 88 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Lionel Haaland came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Conny Gudmundsson in the 90th minute of play.