Challenge

東風夜放花千樹體育場
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 楚常梁 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to the sword of Damocles getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. 庄霆岚 hit a great ball. After 4 played minutes, Mexico's Joel Gaona shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper 郝峰真 came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mexico reached it. 6 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 郝峰真. the sword of Damocles's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 11 played minutes the sword of Damocles got a freekick which was hit by 莫伟康. 15 minutes into the game, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 郝峰真 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 郝峰真 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Alberto Tafalla cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. 郝峰真 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 齐升迅 in the 22nd minute of the match. the sword of Damocles's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 楚常梁 in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 24th minute of play forced the sword of Damocles's goalkeeper 郝峰真 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If 邓兴强 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 31st minute of play forced the sword of Damocles's goalkeeper 郝峰真 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Alberto Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. the sword of Damocles's 郝峰真 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 37th minute of play. 郝峰真 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 40th minute of the match. Luca Zorita scored 0-4 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 郝峰真, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 齐升迅, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half Mexico were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. In the 53rd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郝峰真 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 55th minute of play forced the sword of Damocles's goalkeeper 郝峰真 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebos short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got 郝峰真 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Alberto Tafalla slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 郝峰真. That made the score 0-5 after 61 minutes of play. 69 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 郝峰真, 0-7. 76 minutes into the match, the sword of Damocles's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but 郝峰真 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 77th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and 郝峰真 could save by the left post. 郝峰真 made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 1-7 when 楚常梁 sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. In the 86th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 郝峰真 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Mexico's Joel Gaona fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.