Challenge

Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 2 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk. Raimond Lenk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Piratas FC's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raimond Lenk came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Piratas FC'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. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raimond Lenk quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Alberto Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Raimond Lenk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by Piratas FC'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 Raimond Lenk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Alberto Tafalla blasted a shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Raimond Lenk having to make a save. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Spyros Zacharioudakis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Lacasa came out and tried to block the shot, but Spyros Zacharioudakis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 29th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Raimond Lenk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 40 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 42nd minute, one of Piratas FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Piratas FC. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

In the 51st minute Nunez Hernandez 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. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Idacio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Raimond Lenk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute. In the 62nd minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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. Nunez Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Raimond Lenk was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Facundo Cadaval capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Facundo Cadaval really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. 81 minutes in the game, Luca Zorita fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Raimond Lenk having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Raimond Lenk didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nunez Hernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 86 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raimond Lenk was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 89th minute of the match, Luca Zorita tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Raimond Lenk saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Raimond Lenk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Luque in the 90th minute. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Raimond Lenk made a huge save. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 94th 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Piratas FC.