Challenge

KING GREEN ARENA
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sabit Piruz started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Sabit Piruz took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Dante Lacasa to make any attempt to save it. After a defensive mix-up in Trifillia.FC's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimitris Vasilakos came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dimitris Vasilakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 14th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Sabit Piruz tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sabit Piruz in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Trifillia.FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arturo Orixe in the 17th minute. The corner ended in Arturo Orixe almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. After 18 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Arturo Orixe who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Trifillia.FC's corner Radoslaw Penc fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dante Lacasa quite easily take care of the ball. Trifillia.FC were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arturo Orixe took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Mexico's goalie and right to Sabit Piruz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Mexico's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 26 minutes, Radoslaw Penc mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. Radoslaw Penc hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Sabit Piruz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 29thth minute, Dante Lacasa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Theo Light kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Mexico's Joel Gaona couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 35th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Trifillia.FC. In the 40th minute Christos Bekos 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. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Lautaro Mancebo hit a great ball. In the 45th 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 Dimitris Vasilakos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Kostas Proestos hit a great ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Trifillia.FC's zone, Facundo Cadaval stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimitris Vasilakos came out of the goal and Facundo Cadaval tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sabit Piruz in the 54th 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. The audience was convinced that Sabit Piruz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sabit Piruz in the 69th minute of play. Trifillia.FC's Dimitris Vasilakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 70th minute of play. After having played for 72 minutes, Sabit Piruz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Trifillia.FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sabit Piruz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 82 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Waldir Laguna. In the 83rd minute of the match Joel Gaona sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dimitris Vasilakos skillfully saved the ball. Sabit Piruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Sabit Piruz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 88th minute of play. Dimitris Vasilakos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 90th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Luque during the 93rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 93 minutes into the game, one of Mexico:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Trifillia.FC had won after a very even match.