Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Café DE PLOEG's Robrecht Van Geestel 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. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 2nd minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Arne Kest made a huge save. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Café DE PLOEG's Arne Kest got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Café DE PLOEG's Karel-Jan De Keijsere got a free kick in the 10th minute. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Arne Kest tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 2-0 became the score in the 17th minute when Lautaro Mancebo elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Arne Kest. Café DE PLOEG's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Joel Gaona was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 23rd minute. Mexico's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 30 minutes, Joel Gaona took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Arne Kest to make any attempt to save it. Arne Kest showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of the match. Luca Rouco recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 36 minutes into the match, Café DE PLOEG's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Arne Kest reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arne Kest showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 37th minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 40 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Arne Kest was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 43rd minute, Café DE PLOEG's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lautaro Mancebo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 48 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arne Kest was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 53rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arne Kest saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alberto Tafalla in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arne Kest saved Café DE PLOEG from getting behind. Arne Kest came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. After some careless play in the Café DE PLOEG defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arne Kest. The Café DE PLOEG fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arne Kest should have stopped the shot. Joel Gaona succeeded in the game's 65th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 9-0. The Mexico fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Mexico's Alberto Tafalla looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 10-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 71 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Arne Kest was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Arne Kest tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Café DE PLOEG's Arne Kest played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 75th minute of play. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When Kieth Engelbert fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Café DE PLOEG's protests and gave Kieth Engelbert a yellow card for diving instead. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Arne Kest didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. 80 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 12-0, to the right of Café DE PLOEG's Arne Kest. Arne Kest was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 83rd minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Arne Kest. Café DE PLOEG's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 13-0. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arne Kest having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Café DE PLOEG's Karel-Jan De Keijsere got a free kick in the 89th minute. After 90 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo made it 14-0 with a short kick to the right side. Café DE PLOEG's Arne Kest tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Mexico's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.