Challenge

RED Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) ®G6®Red scorpion's Miro Ivanov 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carnero Bruñon in the 3rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 15th minute, Lautaro Mancebo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Boguslaw Karanewski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Boguslaw Karanewski took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Dante Lacasa to make any attempt to save it. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sokol Balkandzhiyski in the 24th minute. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sokol Balkandzhiyski in the 38th minute. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. 42 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Sokol Balkandzhiyski came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ®G6®Red scorpion's Ercole Carbonaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 43rd minute of play. Sokol Balkandzhiyski charged in rather forcefully in the 48th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sokol Balkandzhiyski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, ®G6®Red scorpion's Sokol Balkandzhiyski got a free kick in the 48th minute. ®G6®Red scorpion made a substitution. Trifon Ivanov replaced Sokol Balkandzhiyski. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miro Ivanov in the 55th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Joel Gaona. After 64 played minutes ®G6®Red scorpion got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Victorero. Ercole Carbonaro made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by ®G6®Red scorpion'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. In the 74th minute Trifon Ivanov 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. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miro Ivanov in the 79th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Lautaro Mancebo could shoot a difficult shot in the 82nd minute, which Ercole Carbonaro however easily saved by the left post. After 83 minutes of play, ®G6®Red scorpion's Trifon Ivanov made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Ercole Carbonaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 90 minutes into the match, ®G6®Red scorpion's goalkeeper Ercole Carbonaro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind ®G6®Red scorpion's goalkeeper Ercole Carbonaro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alberto Tafalla during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Alberto Tafalla hit a great ball. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ®G6®Red scorpion were victorious despite being under pressure from Mexico for much of the match.