Challenge

Jerry Park
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Igor Siekierski 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 3rd minute. After 9 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Alberto Tafalla. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bogumil Wawro, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Igor Siekierski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alberto Tafalla's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Igor Siekierski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. In the 18th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Igor Siekierski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 25 played minutes Brow Team got a freekick which was hit by Andrzej Cichocki. In the 27th minute of the match, Czeslaw Tipinski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Dante Lacasa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bogumil Wawro in the 30th minute of play. After 34 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Andrzej Cichocki who took care of the corner kick. Brow Team's Igor Siekierski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 35th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Czeslaw Tipinski sent off a good shot on target. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bogumil Wawro in the 47th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Brow Team's Kryspin Owsiak was substituted for Jerzy Ciempa. The wind increased when Czeslaw Tipinski made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Brow Team's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Igor Siekierski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Brow Team's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. At last the ball reached Macos Graciani at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Brow Team. 1-1. In the 57th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Igor Siekierski was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Igor Siekierski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 61st minute. In the 64th 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. In the 66th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Rouco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Igor Siekierski quite easily take care of the ball. 72 minutes into the match, Czeslaw Tipinski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Czeslaw Tipinski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franciszek Modliszewski in the 78th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Igor Siekierski made a huge save. With his leg Igor Siekierski managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when Mexico's Alberto Tafalla fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Igor Siekierski came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The Brow Team supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Mexico's performance. The match ended with a win for Mexico.