Challenge

Caixa de Papelão
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Agnaldo Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 3rd minute of play. Agnaldo Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of play. 7 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Agnaldo Sá was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10th minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agnaldo Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Agnaldo Sá. Agnaldo Sá dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After 14 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Agnaldo Sá was left in no man's land by his defense there! Agnaldo Sá showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Luca Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agnaldo Sá was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 29th minute of play forced Miau Stars's goalkeeper Agnaldo Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lorenzo Cazalla in the 33rd minute of play forced Miau Stars's goalkeeper Agnaldo Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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: 0-6. In the 37th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agnaldo Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 45thth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Miau Stars's Agnaldo Sá was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Agnaldo Sá. Miau Stars's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. After the first half Mexico were leading 0-9. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dráuzio Barbosa to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Miau Stars's Agnaldo Sá got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 55th minute, Luca Rouco 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. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Alberto Tafalla took a quick shot and it went in 0-10 without a chance for Agnaldo Sá to make any attempt to save it. Agnaldo Sá came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-12. Lautaro Mancebo took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Agnaldo Sá. Agnaldo Sá dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. In the 70th play minute Lautaro Mancebo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Agnaldo Sá. 0-14. Mina Felina hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Lautaro Mancebo might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agnaldo Sá. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lautaro Mancebo ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 0-16 when Joel Gaona sped through Miau Stars's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Agnaldo Sá. Agnaldo Sá was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alberto Tafalla showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-17 in the 81 minute of play. Dráuzio Barbosa's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dráuzio Barbosa helped the player get up and apologised. Facundo Cadaval fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agnaldo Sá having to interfere. 98 minutes into the match, Miau Stars's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Agnaldo Sá reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Miau Stars.