Challenge

Stars Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. Baki Yenay hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 3rd minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ateş Rahim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Esteban Paredes tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 8thth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STARS TEAM's Ateş Rahim was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With an all-out effort, STARS TEAM's Dante Lacasa threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Valentin Zgrăbunţa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Zgrăbunţa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the game, Valentin Zgrăbunţa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ateş Rahim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 24th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ateş Rahim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute Valentin Zgrăbunţa 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 31st minute of play forced STARS TEAM's goalkeeper Ateş Rahim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ateş Rahim was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Ateş Rahim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 39th minute of play. After some careless play in the STARS TEAM defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ateş Rahim. The STARS TEAM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ateş Rahim should have stopped the shot. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Esteban Paredes to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 58th minute of play forced STARS TEAM's goalkeeper Ateş Rahim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Esteban Paredes in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ateş Rahim was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 72 minutes into the match, Qiao Kang Yi notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Ateş Rahim in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ateş Rahim having to interfere. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Baki Yenay got a throw-in 93 minutes in the game and the ball was received by René Riechel. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the referee blew the final whistle, STARS TEAM could leave the field as winners, despite Mexico having more of the ball for most of the match.