Challenge

Balbuena Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 3rd minute of play forced Real Ayuntamiento CF's goalkeeper Vicente Berto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Real Ayuntamiento CF's Vicente Berto. Vicente Berto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vicente Berto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 10 minutes, Federico Lobo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Ayuntamiento CF and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 10th match minute, Real Ayuntamiento CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Federico Lobo to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Real Ayuntamiento CF's Vicente Berto 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. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Real Ayuntamiento CF's attentive Remigio Unai managed to snatch the ball when Leonardo Leoz made a throw-in in the 17th minute of the game. After 27 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Berto was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Real Ayuntamiento CF getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Albano Arnalt hit a great ball. Vicente Berto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 32nd minute of play. Real Ayuntamiento CF's Vicente Berto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play. The supporters of Mexico booed when Real Ayuntamiento CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albano Arnalt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vicente Berto having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vicente Berto. Real Ayuntamiento CF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anacleto Beat made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Vicente Berto in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 55th match minute, Real Ayuntamiento CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luisito Segio to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute of the match Joel Gaona shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vicente Berto showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vicente Berto came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Real Ayuntamiento CF's Vicente Berto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Real Ayuntamiento CF from getting a goal against them. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Vicente Berto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 62nd minute of the match. Vicente Berto didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Mexico's Joel Gaona shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. Albano Arnalt kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Albano Arnalt hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. Vicente Berto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vicente Berto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 74 minutes Real Ayuntamiento CF'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vicente Berto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Vicente Berto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 77th minute of the match. Vicente Berto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vicente Berto was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Lautaro Mancebo took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vicente Berto. Vicente Berto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Vicente Berto came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-10. Vicente Berto 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 89th minute. In the 90th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vicente Berto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. In the 93rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Berto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vicente Berto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Real Ayuntamiento CF.