Challenge

JUAN DOMINGO PERON
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. Elvio Macias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Elvio Macias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Elvio Macias came out of the goal in the 9th 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 0-2. After a rather tough play, Pancha Futbol Club's Adrian Martinez got a free kick in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Elvio Macias. Pancha Futbol Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Elvio Macias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 19th minute of play. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 20th minute. It was a well-played corner which Luca Zorita managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elvio Macias. Elvio Macias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elvio Macias having to interfere. Elvio Macias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play. In the 34th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Pancha Futbol Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Mexico's Luca Zorita getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Facundo Cadaval recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The Mexico fans' excitement grew in the 37th 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 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a defensive mix-up in Pancha Futbol Club's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elvio Macias came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Clodoveo Otsando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Elvio Macias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elvio Macias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Facundo Cadaval went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th 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. Elvio Macias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of Elvio Macias. Pancha Futbol Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. In the 63rd 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: 0-8. Joel Gaona scored 0-9 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elvio Macias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 69th minute, Joel Gaona reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Elvio Macias. The goal made the score 0-10. The crowd rose to their feet as Facundo Cadaval kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Elvio Macias. That made the score 0-11 in the 72 minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Pancha Futbol Club's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Elvio Macias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute of play forced Pancha Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elvio Macias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute, Elias Giro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 82nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pancha Futbol Club's goalkeeper Elvio Macias, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 83rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Pancha Futbol Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. Alberto Tafalla was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elvio Macias having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Elvio Macias made a huge save. Elvio Macias was a little too slow when Joel Gaona got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 0-12. The Pancha Futbol Club fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.