Challenge

Cuervo Loco
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lautaro Martínez got the match started through his kick off. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 4 minutes into the match, Cuervo Loco FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Bogdan Stelea reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard and well directed shot from Luca Zorita led 4 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Cuervo Loco FC's Bogdan Stelea became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 0-1. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huang Kang Zhen in the 13th minute of the match. Luca Zorita took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Stelea. Bogdan Stelea dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Dante Lacasa was a little too slow when Huang Kang Zhen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 1-2. With his leg Dante Lacasa managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Cuervo Loco FC's Lautaro Martínez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cuervo Loco FC's Lautaro Martínez shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Huang Kang Zhen sent off a good shot on target. Huang Kang Zhen was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 37th minute. Cuervo Loco FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After a rather tough play, Cuervo Loco FC's Tiburcio Luix got a free kick in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 44th minute of play forced Cuervo Loco FC's goalkeeper Bogdan Stelea to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Luca Zorita notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Cuervo Loco FC's Bogdan Stelea. Bogdan Stelea was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-3 lead.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Martínez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bogdan Stelea came out and tried to block the shot, but Alberto Tafalla slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 58th minute. Luca Zorita hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Huang Kang Zhen in the 61st minute of play. Bogdan Stelea made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 63rd minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tiburcio Luix in the 65th minute of play. In the 65th minute Tiburcio Luix 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 69th minute Lautaro Martínez 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. Cuervo Loco FC's Bogdan Stelea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 78th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bogdan Stelea was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Martínez, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bogdan Stelea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.