Challenge

Feliciano Gambarte
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Scott Bradbury made the kick off which started today's match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Scott Bradbury, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to El Expreso getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Scott Bradbury hit a great ball. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elia Di Ianni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Gaona scored 0-1 in the 22nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Elia Di Ianni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 32nd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. El Expreso'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. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Scott Bradbury in the 38th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, El Expreso's Mikhail Horoshevskiy ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute of the match Zhu Quan sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa skillfully saved the ball. Elia Di Ianni 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 57th minute. With a little luck, El Expreso's Elia Di Ianni got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 61st minute of play forced El Expreso's goalkeeper Elia Di Ianni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 minutes El Expreso's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. 67 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Mikhail Horoshevskiy came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edu de Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 69thth minute of the game Edu de Sousa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lautaro Mancebo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-3 in the 71st playminute. After a rather tough play, El Expreso's Ilie Negrescu got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 77th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. El Expreso's Elia Di Ianni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save El Expreso from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, El Expreso's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Elia Di Ianni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elia Di Ianni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to El Expreso getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. 袁奕崇 hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute Mikhail Horoshevskiy 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. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Felix Luque got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 94 minutes into the game, Scott Bradbury cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.