Challenge

Huracan City
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Dragoş Grădinaru sent off a good shot on target. In the 7th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Lautaro Mancebo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fedele Bardella quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some careless play in the Huracan United -MM- defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedele Bardella. The Huracan United -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedele Bardella should have stopped the shot. Felix Luque kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Dragoş Grădinaru ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 16 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Wayne Rooney came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fedele Bardella 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 19th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dragoş Grădinaru in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dante Lacasa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wayne Rooney, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After some careless play in the Huracan United -MM- defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedele Bardella. The Huracan United -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedele Bardella should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Mancebo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fedele Bardella was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. Fedele Bardella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 44th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Huracan United -MM- defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedele Bardella. The Huracan United -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedele Bardella should have stopped the shot.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dragoş Grădinaru made a kick off. Fedele Bardella showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. With a little luck, Huracan United -MM-'s Fedele Bardella got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by CJ Zidane in the 63rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dragoş Grădinaru in the 65th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th 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 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wayne Rooney, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 75th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fedele Bardella saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from CJ Zidane went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. Fedele Bardella made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 83rd minute of play. Joel Gaona took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fedele Bardella. Fedele Bardella dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-6. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wayne Rooney in the 86th minute of play. Fedele Bardella stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joel Gaona's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lorenzo Cazalla got a free kick in the 90th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Iraklis Pistolelis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Iraklis Pistolelis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Huracan United -MM- defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fedele Bardella. The Huracan United -MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fedele Bardella should have stopped the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mexico walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.