Challenge

Bristol Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In the 5th minute, Kurt Lobb left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bristol Bombardiers FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 7th minute of play forced Bristol Bombardiers FC's goalkeeper Mickey Thompson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9thth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bristol Bombardiers FC's Mickey Thompson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Luca Rouco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mickey Thompson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 20th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mickey Thompson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Mickey Thompson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 25th minute of play. In the 26th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Bristol Bombardiers FC'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 supporters of Mexico booed when Bristol Bombardiers FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daryl Burgess didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jake Hardcastle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Mickey Thompson 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 33rd minute. Joel Gaona took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mickey Thompson. Mickey Thompson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 44 minutes into the match, Bristol Bombardiers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Mickey Thompson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Bristol Bombardiers FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Luca Zorita got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-3. 46 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kurt Lobb stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mickey Thompson made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Lobb in the 62nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mickey Thompson saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 67th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mickey Thompson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Mickey Thompson made a huge save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurt Lobb in the 77th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kurt Lobb in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Bristol Bombardiers FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daryl Burgess in the 78th minute. Bristol Bombardiers FC's Mickey Thompson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Bristol Bombardiers FC from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurt Lobb, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Lautaro Mancebo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. David Clark hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. 92 minutes into the match, Bristol Bombardiers FC's goalkeeper Mickey Thompson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joel Gaona. Bristol Bombardiers FC's Mickey Thompson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 95th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Mexico eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.