Challenge

Napadogan Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wendell Conn in the 4th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Dawid Kochowski sent off a good shot on target. Bill Carmichael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 9th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Topsail's Bill Carmichael. Bill Carmichael was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Bill Carmichael tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dawid Kochowski in the 15th minute. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wendell Conn, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Dawid Kochowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. In the 26th play minute Dawid Kochowski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dante Lacasa. 1-1. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bill Carmichael was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. With an all-out effort, Topsail's Dante Lacasa threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Wendell Conn, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wendell Conn, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Dawid Kochowski sent off a good shot on target. Bill Carmichael 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 35th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dawid Kochowski got free with Dante Lacasa in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bill Carmichael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 42nd minute of play. 43 minutes into the game, one of Mexico:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 46 minutes into the game, Topsail's Brent Goldsmith nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Lacasa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dawid Kochowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wendell Conn in the 52nd minute of play. In the 56thth minute of the game Dawid Kochowski 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. Luca Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bill Carmichael read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mevlüt Naşit during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mevlüt Naşit hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. The supporters of Mexico booed when Topsail was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeff Beck didn't get a good kick on the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Dawid Kochowski came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 81stth minute, Bill Carmichael skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. A collision led to Topsail getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Jeff Beck hit a great ball. In the 84th 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. 86 minutes into the game, Luca Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Bill Carmichael was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bill Carmichael breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 89 played minutes Mexico's Alberto Tafalla stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Bill Carmichael stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Topsail of the goal. After 91 played minutes Topsail got a freekick which was hit by Hamza Bihan. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Topsail's goalkeeper Bill Carmichael, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Mexico players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.