Challenge

Universe Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Zorita to maneuver through the defense. After 15 minutes Belasitsa P's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Acho Oronov, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. In the 18th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gruyo Popiliev 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 庄骏翀, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 20 minutes into the game, Cláudio Gentile was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belasitsa P's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. A collision led to Belasitsa P getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Cláudio Gentile hit a great ball. 22 minutes into the match, Belasitsa P's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Gruyo Popiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Belasitsa P's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Gruyo Popiliev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 26 minutes Belasitsa P's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Mexico's Luca Rouco to fire away a dangerous shot which Gruyo Popiliev despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Belasitsa P's Gruyo Popiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 28th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gruyo Popiliev quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gruyo Popiliev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of Gruyo Popiliev. Belasitsa P's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When 庄骏翀, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 35 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Dante Lacasa was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ventzislav Glavev in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute, Cláudio Gentile hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belasitsa P's Gruyo Popiliev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 47th minute of play forced Belasitsa P's goalkeeper Gruyo Popiliev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 48th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. A well done corner resulted in Macos Graciani drilling the ball in to score 0-2 behind Belasitsa P's goalkeeper. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ventzislav Glavev was the one to do the kick off. Guillelme Câmpeanu kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gruyo Popiliev saved Belasitsa P from getting behind. In the 68th 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. In the 70th minute, Ventzislav Glavev made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 庄骏翀 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gruyo Popiliev firmly grabbed it by the left post. Benislav Filov tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Gruyo Popiliev. An unnecessary self made goal, 1-4 in the 81st minute. In the 84thth minute of the game Ventzislav Glavev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Gruyo Popiliev made a huge save. In the 87th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo to fire away a dangerous shot which Gruyo Popiliev despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Gruyo Popiliev in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 91 minutes in the game, Alberto Tafalla dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. 92 minutes into the game, Vladko Antov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belasitsa P's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. A collision led to Belasitsa P getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Vladko Antov hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Gruyo Popiliev firmly grabbed it by the left post. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Lautaro Mancebo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gruyo Popiliev quite easily take care of the ball. Lautaro Mancebo kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 94thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Belasitsa P's keeper Gruyo Popiliev was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. After 99 played minutes Belasitsa P got a freekick which was hit by Benislav Filov. Mexico's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.