Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Pavel Balc kicked off to start the match. In the 16thth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dragomir Marchovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Ulises Curcio tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match Stone City got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabio Vigil ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Stone City's corner Fabio Vigil fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dante Lacasa quite easily take care of the ball. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Stone City's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Dragomir Marchovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dragomir Marchovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Balc in the 35th minute of the match. After 37 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fabio Vigil who took care of the corner kick. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavel Balc in the 39th minute of play. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 41st match minute, Stone City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Balc to maneuver through the defense. A throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game was made by Macos Graciani with Facundo Cadaval as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavel Balc, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Macos Graciani charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Macos Graciani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Stone City booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Macos Graciani didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute, Pavel Balc reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dante Lacasa. The goal made the score 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Stone City's Dragomir Marchovski got control of the ball when Facundo Cadaval tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 54th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 55th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dragomir Marchovski made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulises Curcio, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Dragomir Marchovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 57th minute of play. Pavel Balc sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 75 minutes into the match, Pavel Balc notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the match, Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. 86 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dragomir Marchovski. Stone City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Facundo Cadaval was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Fabio Vigil kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Dragomir Marchovski made a huge save. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Stone City'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. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval pulled a muscle in his back after 95 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Amanda Ingesson's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amanda Ingesson helped the player get up and apologised. Mexico made a substitution. Xavier Seco replaced Facundo Cadaval. Amanda Ingesson kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Many of Mexico's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Mexico may have spent more time on the ball, but Stone City were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.