Challenge

Colosseum
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. After 5 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Axell Verduin was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Barnaba Pilsudski got free with Dante Lacasa in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 13th minute, Macos Graciani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Axell Verduin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axell Verduin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 21st minute of play. Axell Verduin 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 23rd minute. Waut Du Molin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Lacasa came out and tried to block the shot, but Waut Du Molin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Pilsudski in the 32nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Gullegem's Barnaba Pilsudski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 2-1 after 33 minutes of play. Axell Verduin 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 36th minute. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. 40 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of FC Gullegem's Axell Verduin. Axell Verduin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 43rd minute, Lautaro Mancebo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Amsler in the 54th minute of play. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Axell Verduin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Gullegem made a substitution. Yanick De Ketelaere replaced Pierre-Paul Callaerts. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Barnaba Pilsudski went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. FC Gullegem's Axell Verduin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Gullegem'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. Lautaro Mancebo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Felix Luque lost his temper 80 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Ion Giurgiu shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. Yanick De Ketelaere hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Axell Verduin made a huge save. 97 minutes into the match, FC Gullegem's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Axell Verduin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.