Challenge

Stepan Kravchenko
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. After 6 minutes, Luca Rouco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the FC Henter Somosd players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gábor Király made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frank Mees in the 17th minute of the match. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Bart van Goetsenhoven tried to sneak it across the goal line. A well-hit corner resulted in Kristóf Szőllőssy heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Frank Mees might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Frank Mees ran back to his position shaking his head. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frank Mees to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gábor Király breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 61 played minutes FC Henter Somosd got a freekick which was hit by Frank Mees. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Gábor Király tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Tafalla's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Gábor Király skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Gábor Király showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. FC Henter Somosd'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. The corner led to Mexico's Luca Zorita getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 77th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Gábor Király. FC Henter Somosd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 80 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Gábor Király was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ziemowit Tylinski in the 84th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, Mexico's Joel Gaona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gábor Király narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Mexico players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.