Challenge

Höllgrotte
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Flatline Zombies's Paulo Seco started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 9 minutes into the match, Flatline Zombies's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Armağan Mukremin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paulo Seco got free with Dante Lacasa in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 19th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armağan Mukremin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 20th minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Paulo Seco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Flatline Zombies's Armağan Mukremin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Flatline Zombies's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Armağan Mukremin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paulo Seco went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Facundo Cadaval managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Facundo Cadaval was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armağan Mukremin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Xie Chuan Guang'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. Xie Chuan Guang helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Mexico booed when Flatline Zombies was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xie Chuan Guang didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flatline Zombies's Armağan Mukremin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 38th minute of play. Valentin Rindlisbacher hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute Liborius Müller 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Liborius Müller came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liborius Müller in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute Flatline Zombies were awarded a corner. Finn Neeser went to the cornerflag to take it. Armağan Mukremin made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. Armağan Mukremin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 61st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Uriel Imbach during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Flatline Zombies getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Uriel Imbach hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Liborius Müller in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute Levent Erkinay 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. In the 72nd minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Armağan Mukremin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 75th minute Paulo Seco 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. Armağan Mukremin 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 76th minute. In the 76th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. 79 minutes into the match, Leon Kalb had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leon Kalb was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liborius Müller in the 82nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Paulo Seco came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Seco in the 83rd minute of play. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Flatline Zombies's goalkeeper Armağan Mukremin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Kalb in the 90th minute of play. After 92 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Cazalla. When the match clock showed 97 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Lautaro Mancebo sped through Flatline Zombies's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Armağan Mukremin.