Challenge

Legia Warszawa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Waldemar Naujasodis made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cesar Nafarroa was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Warszawa SA's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Legia Warszawa SA's Cesar Nafarroa to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Legia Warszawa SA getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Bruno Sidoro hit a great ball. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alve Søderholm having to interfere. The supporters of Mexico booed when Legia Warszawa SA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herbert Piatek didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Marcovecchio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 18th minute of play forced Legia Warszawa SA's goalkeeper Alve Søderholm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 minutes Legia Warszawa SA'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. Stanislaw Klawki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 29 minutes into the match, Legia Warszawa SA's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Alve Søderholm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Naujasodis in the 37th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Legia Warszawa SA booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lautaro Mancebo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 40 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 45 played minutes Alberto Marcovecchio rounded Mexico's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 51 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Alberto Marcovecchio sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. When Joel Gaona, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 54 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Alve Søderholm was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 60thth minute of the game Waldemar Naujasodis 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. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cesar Nafarroa was slow to take the kick. During this time Legia Warszawa SA's players had a chance to rest. After having played for 64 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Alve Søderholm firmly grabbed it by the left post. Cesar Nafarroa charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cesar Nafarroa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 67 played minutes Legia Warszawa SA got a freekick which was hit by Cesar Nafarroa. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 69th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alve Søderholm narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 74 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alve Søderholm narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 75th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Legia Warszawa SA'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. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Legia Warszawa SA's goalie and right to Luca Rouco. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Legia Warszawa SA's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 78th play minutes Alberto Tafalla shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Alve Søderholm and just under the crossbar into goal. Alve Søderholm made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Legia Warszawa SA's Jaroslaw Skaradowski got a free kick in the 84th minute. 86 minutes into the match, Mexico's Joel Gaona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alve Søderholm narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The attack was good, but when Luca Zorita in the 87th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Alve Søderholm threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Naujasodis in the 90th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alve Søderholm was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Mexico were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Legia Warszawa SA to leave the ground with a draw.