Challenge

Skołyszyn Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmunds Vaivaris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 3rd minute, Edmunds Vaivaris made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Fabian Zajac showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Nicolae Grecescu tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th 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. Fabian Zajac breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabian Zajac. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. Facundo Cadaval charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Facundo Cadaval the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. LKS Skołyszyn made a substitution. Jurand Pincoski replaced Raimundo Palianza. 19 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of LKS Skołyszyn's Fabian Zajac. Fabian Zajac was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 22nd minute, Cyprian Rode fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Dante Lacasa, passed just outside the right post. After 23 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Mancebo. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 25th 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmunds Vaivaris in the 27th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Rode, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Cyprian Rode kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 2-1 in the 29 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play forced LKS Skołyszyn's goalkeeper Fabian Zajac to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. LKS Skołyszyn's Fabian Zajac played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 39th minute of play. In the 40th minute, Jurand Pincoski 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edmunds Vaivaris to strike the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Zajac having to interfere. Fabian Zajac was a little too slow when Alberto Tafalla got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 2-2. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Rode, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Luca Zorita slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fabian Zajac. That made the score 2-3 after 72 minutes of play. In the 78th minute, Luca Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fabian Zajac was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. A collision led to LKS Skołyszyn getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Edmunds Vaivaris hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fabian Zajac read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. In the 89th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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. Fabian Zajac made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than LKS Skołyszyn throughout the match.