Challenge

ADA County Ground
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mexico! Mexico:s Dante Lacasa showed great skill when he stopped Ruben Higginson:s penalty. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Roberto Estevon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 14 minutes, Duke White mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ashley Down Athletic and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. 14 minutes into the game, one of Ashley Down Athletic:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ed Helks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roberto Estevon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 23 minutes into the game, Ed Helks recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa. Ed Helks showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alberto Tafalla in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Estevon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Matthew Macken made in the 31st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Mexico's Luca Zorita. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ed Helks got free with Dante Lacasa in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute, Luca Zorita 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. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 35th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Duke White hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Matthew Macken to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 57th of the match, Luca Zorita tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Roberto Estevon got in the way and made a wonderful save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ruben Higginson during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th match minute, Ashley Down Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ruben Higginson to maneuver through the defense. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Roberto Estevon managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo came free and shot a quick shot against goal 64 minutes in the game, fortunately Roberto Estevon had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Ashley Down Athletic made a substitution. Vern Hatcher replaced Feliciano Stephen. Warren Barrett's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Warren Barrett helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, Ashley Down Athletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Warren Barrett to maneuver through the defense. Roberto Estevon made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roberto Estevon. The goal made the score 2-1. In the 79th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Roberto Estevon was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Roberto Estevon made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 88th minute. Roberto Estevon was a little too slow when Lautaro Mancebo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 90th minute. The score was now 2-3. In the 95th minute, Lautaro Mancebo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roberto Estevon. The goal made the score 2-4. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ashley Down Athletic throughout the match.