Challenge

ATATÜRK STADYUMU
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Marcus Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Marcus Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Marcus Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15th play minutes Sertel Ankara shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Dante Lacasa and just under the crossbar into goal. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great ball. The supporters of Karapinar booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Leoz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Okan Golovichev came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Leonardo Leoz in the 26th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Karapinar's Camilo Palos. In the 27th 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. 33 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Karapinar's Marcus Mazza. Marcus Mazza was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Okan Golovichev, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Okan Golovichev was extremely unlucky when he, in the 38th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 39th minute of play forced Karapinar's goalkeeper Marcus Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 41st minute of play forced Karapinar's goalkeeper Marcus Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 45th minute of play forced Karapinar's goalkeeper Marcus Mazza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Karapinar's Big Bonk got a free kick in the 45th minute. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Mazza having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thad Castle stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. 57 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Marcus Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goalkeeper Marcus Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Marcus Mazza made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Karapinar's Marcus Mazza got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Thad Castle's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Marcus Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 76th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by Karapinar's Thad Castle. But to his dismay, Thad Castle quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Joel Gaona hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Alberto Tafalla kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcus Mazza. That made the score 2-3 in the 83 minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Karapinar's goalkeeper Marcus Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. The supporters of Mexico booed when Karapinar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronaldinho Antunes didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thad Castle in the 95th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.