Challenge

ETI Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Roch Konieczny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Konieczny, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Roch Konieczny's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 11th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugon Piechna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugon Piechna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 12th minute of play. Matias Pais came free with the goalkeeper in the 15th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dante Lacasa could save by the left post. NieETIkalni Lebork's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artur Kapinos in the 17th minute. Matias Pais might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Matias Pais ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 23rd minute of play forced NieETIkalni Lebork's goalkeeper Hugon Piechna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Roch Konieczny left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NieETIkalni Lebork fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Hugon Piechna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 37th minute of the match. In the 39th match minute, NieETIkalni Lebork was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rocco Chatigny to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Facundo Cadaval managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Facundo Cadaval was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hugon Piechna breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugon Piechna having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hieronim Watarz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hieronim Watarz in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute of the match, Alberto Tafalla tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Hugon Piechna saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 67 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Hieronim Watarz came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. Alberto Tafalla who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 68thth minute tested the skills of Hugon Piechna when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Hieronim Watarz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Hugon Piechna made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 76th minute of play. Hugon Piechna didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Radowit Sala took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Hugon Piechna made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hieronim Watarz in the 93rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, NieETIkalni Lebork's Hugon Piechna got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edmundo Pombal kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The NieETIkalni Lebork support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.