Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Florin Ciuvică made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to ABK Black Warriors73 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Alex Lera hit a great ball. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Angelo Baciadonne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Angelo Baciadonne 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 13th minute. In the 17th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Baciadonne saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Baciadonne saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Angelo Baciadonne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ABK Black Warriors73's Angelo Baciadonne played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of play. After 25 played minutes ABK Black Warriors73 got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Neghină. Angelo Baciadonne 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 28th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Angelo Baciadonne. ABK Black Warriors73's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 40th minute of play forced ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Angelo Baciadonne to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to ABK Black Warriors73 getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Dan Burdulea hit a great ball. Angelo Baciadonne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Angelo Baciadonne read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Mihnea Gârleanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. In the 57th match minute, ABK Black Warriors73 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valeriu Zoreanu to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th minute, Alex Lera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 66 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 67 minutes into the game, Alex Lera was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ABK Black Warriors73's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Mexico made a substitution. Xavier Seco replaced Luca Zorita. The supporters of Mexico booed when ABK Black Warriors73 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alex Lera didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind ABK Black Warriors73's goalkeeper Angelo Baciadonne, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Octav Păstrăv hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ABK Black Warriors73's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angelo Baciadonne came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Florin Ciuvică 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. After a defensive mix-up in ABK Black Warriors73's zone, Xavier Seco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Angelo Baciadonne came out of the goal and Xavier Seco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 85 minutes into the match, ABK Black Warriors73's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Angelo Baciadonne reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. ABK Black Warriors73's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that ABK Black Warriors73's Angelo Baciadonne managed to reach the ball for a save. After 88 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Macos Graciani. After some careless play in the ABK Black Warriors73 defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Angelo Baciadonne. The ABK Black Warriors73 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Angelo Baciadonne should have stopped the shot. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ABK Black Warriors73.