Challenge

Linhartice
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Sebastian Čech started the match with the kick off. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo collided with an opponent after 9 minutes. The hit was so violent that he fractured his leg. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Petr Hrdina during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 13th minute, Astor Faro made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. A collision led to Linhartice getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Petr Hrdina hit a great ball. Linhartice's Petr Hrdina quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Leonardo Leoz, made in the 20th minute of the game. Petr Hrdina kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. The throw-in from Leonardo Leoz in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Linhartice's Petr Hrdina. 28 minutes into the match, Viliam Lacina had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Viliam Lacina was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Linhartice's Miroslav Kukla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 39th minute of play forced Linhartice's goalkeeper Miroslav Kukla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Linhartice's Orhan Veli Ulukan was substituted for Josef Dolák. Linhartice's Rastislav Culek was substituted for Sebastian Čech. Rastislav Culek in the 45thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dante Lacasa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orhan Veli Ulukan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Jan Mojžíš 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. Miroslav Kukla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 53rd minute of the match. 53 minutes into the match, Linhartice's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Miroslav Kukla reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 55thth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Linhartice's Miroslav Kukla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joel Gaona did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Miroslav Kukla 55 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Jan Mojžíš's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Astor Faro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Linhartice's supporters rose to their feet, but Astor Faro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Petr Hrdina was slow to take the kick. During this time Linhartice's players had a chance to rest. Felix Luque thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Dante Lacasa, a very annoying self made goal in the 63rd minute which led to 4-1. In the 70th minute, Orhan Veli Ulukan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rastislav Culek in the 72nd minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Orhan Veli Ulukan in the 76th minute of the match. Miroslav Kukla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Miroslav Kukla saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after Linhartice's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Linhartice's goalie and right to Alberto Tafalla. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Linhartice's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Jan Mojžíš hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Miroslav Kukla showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 88th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute Linhartice were awarded a corner. Petr Hrdina went to the cornerflag to take it. Alberto Tafalla kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orhan Veli Ulukan in the 94th minute of play. The Linhartice players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.