Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. 龚浩云 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. 龚浩云 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 龚浩云 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zheng Feng Ling, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 30 minutes into the match, 山东泰山队's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but 龚浩云 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd 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, 山东泰山队's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but 龚浩云 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute, 黄辰笑 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zheng Feng Ling to make the kick off. Alexander Arnold kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. In the 52nd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. 山东泰山队'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 龚浩云 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 徐榕然 in the 59th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, 龚浩云 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 龚浩云 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 64th minute of the match. In the 66th minute Zheng Feng Ling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Zheng Feng Ling ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 龚浩云 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 77 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when 徐榕然 came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. After 80 minutes, Zheng Feng Ling made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by 山东泰山队'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. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which 龚浩云 despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 85 minutes into the match, 山东泰山队's goalkeeper 龚浩云 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luca Rouco. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by 山东泰山队'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. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that 山东泰山队's 龚浩云 managed to reach the ball for a save. 龚浩云 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 91st minute. 龚浩云 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score.