Challenge

ARENA CAXINHA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Caxinha F. C.'s Matías Tepedino started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the game, Luca Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Silvério Andrade was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvério Andrade having to interfere. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matías Tepedino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 22nd minute of the game. One of Caxinha F. C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Mexico:s goal. In the 23rd minute there was a penalty for Mexico. Joel Gaona stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Silvério Andrade. 0-2. Dante Lacasa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Matías Tepedino showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 28 minute of play. Matías Tepedino could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matías Tepedino in the 32nd minute of the match. Geovânio Proença's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. Caxinha F. C.'s Silvério Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Caxinha F. C.'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. It was a well-played corner which Luca Zorita managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After some careless play in the Caxinha F. C. defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvério Andrade. The Caxinha F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvério Andrade should have stopped the shot. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Yao Xiang, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 43rd match minute, Caxinha F. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remo Proença to maneuver through the defense. Silvério Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 45th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Caxinha F. C.'s goalkeeper Silvério Andrade had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matías Tepedino in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute, Joel Gaona got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Luca Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Silvério Andrade was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. 60 minutes into the match, Caxinha F. C.'s goalkeeper Silvério Andrade had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. 66 minutes into the match, Matías Tepedino notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matías Tepedino went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. If Leonardo Leoz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Silvério Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Caxinha F. C.'s zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silvério Andrade came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geovânio Proença in the 87th minute of play. In the 88th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvério Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 95th minute of play forced Caxinha F. C.'s goalkeeper Silvério Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvério Andrade came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-4. The Caxinha F. C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.