Challenge

Virginia Bolten
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pablo Filipo took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 5 minutes of play, Mexico's Luca Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martin Mele was left in no man's land by his defense there! 8 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Acratas Unidos's Martin Mele. Martin Mele was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Mele having to interfere. Martin Mele came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Martin Mele having to interfere. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Astor Obano kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Evelio Gines sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Mexico booed when Acratas Unidos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erasmo Oihan didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Acratas Unidos's Desiderio Cedro got a free kick in the 39th minute. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Martin Mele 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 42nd minute. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Pablo Filipo sent off a good shot on target. 45 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Martin Mele was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 56th minute, Mexico's Luca Zorita dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Acratas Unidos's Erasmo Oihan got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 65 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Martin Mele in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Martin Mele came out and tried to block the shot, but Alberto Tafalla slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 69th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evelio Gines, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute, Joel Gaona 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. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Martin Mele successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 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 76th minute. 78 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Pablo Filipo came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evelio Gines in the 81st minute of play. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Martin Mele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Martin Mele came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Acratas Unidos.