Challenge

ABUNDIO CASANOVA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some careless play in the Radiohead Freaks Club defense, Luca Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thom Threepwood. The Radiohead Freaks Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thom Threepwood should have stopped the shot. In the 8th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Radiohead Freaks Club'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. The corner led to Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Thom Threepwood took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 12th minute of play. After having played for 16 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 21st 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. Alberto Tafalla struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Thom Threepwood didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. In the 44th minute, Cayo Mario 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cayo Mario was the one to do the kick off. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Radiohead Freaks Club's Cayo Mario. But to his dismay, Cayo Mario quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Radiohead Freaks Club from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cayo Mario in the 58th minute of the match. Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Radiohead Freaks Club from getting a goal against them. Thom Threepwood didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Radiohead Freaks Club's Thom Threepwood played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 67th minute of play. After 68 played minutes Radiohead Freaks Club got a freekick which was hit by Roger Bålström. Mexico's attentive Lautaro Mancebo managed to snatch the ball when Noe Seedorf made a throw-in in the 70th minute of the game. Thom Threepwood made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 70th minute. Radiohead Freaks Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 70th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo scored to the left of an out of position Thom Threepwood, making the score, 3-3. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Thom Threepwood made a huge save. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cayo Mario, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After 90 minutes of play, Radiohead Freaks Club's Gazanfer Kelim made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cayo Mario in the 93rd minute of play. Radiohead Freaks Club were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mexico for a fine match.