Challenge

Reino de Vila-Walter
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Elian Benedicto kicked off to start the match. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Coronel Revuelta sent off a good shot on target. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elian Benedicto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 19 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Antonio Canal was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Antonio Canal. Villawalter City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Villawalter City'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Alberto Tafalla heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Coronel Revuelta. Mino Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 38 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Gerard Velasco hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 46th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper Antonio Canal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Antonio Canal in the 50th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 54th minute Mino Puig 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. Gomesano Cayuela kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 64th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper Antonio Canal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel Gaona scored 1-3 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antonio Canal, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Villawalter City's Elian Benedicto in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. Antonio Canal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Zorita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-4 in the 72nd playminute. Antonio Canal didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-5 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 80th minute of play forced Villawalter City's goalkeeper Antonio Canal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Victorio Prats left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villawalter City fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 94 minutes of play, Villawalter City's Elian Benedicto made it 3-5 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! 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.