Challenge

Acatar Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute Andrei Alexandrescu 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. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudiu Fecioru in the 7th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Claudiu Fecioru in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dante Lacasa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Andrei Alexandrescu sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 14 minutes, Luca Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luca Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to FC Acatar getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Lv Yu hit a great ball. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudiu Fecioru in the 24th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diamantino Lobo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 26th minute of the match. Diamantino Lobo came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudiu Fecioru in the 31st minute of the match. Herbert Hök recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 35 minutes, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Gaona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 37 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Diamantino Lobo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 39 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Fecioru came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diamantino Lobo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 46th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diamantino Lobo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's defense didn't have a chance, in the 48th minute, when Claudiu Fecioru scored to the left of an out of position Dante Lacasa, making the score, 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrei Alexandrescu was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Claudiu Fecioru had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudiu Fecioru was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Diamantino Lobo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 61st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Claudiu Fecioru kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Facundo Cadaval slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Diamantino Lobo. That made the score 3-3 after 70 minutes of play. Andrei Alexandrescu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Hök in the 86th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Yu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 89th minute Herbert Hök 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Diamantino Lobo in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 92th minute after FC Acatar's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that FC Acatar's Diamantino Lobo managed to reach the ball for a save. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.