Challenge

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Wu Bing Fei kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 15th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Desiderio Brais stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Desiderio Brais tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 24th minute of play forced El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Fortín de Floresta'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. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Santos Orlan quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 30th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Santos Orlan quite easily take care of the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santos Orlan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 37th minute Salvador Hats 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. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 38th minute of play. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th minute, Salvador Hats left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Fortín de Floresta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Salvador Hats was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Delmar Manex received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cipriano Aguilera, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Hats in the 64th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delmar Manex, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 76 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Santos Orlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Hats in the 78th minute of play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Delmar Manex in the 79th minute of play. Santos Orlan 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 82nd minute. Lisandro Martinez hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. El Fortín de Floresta's Hector Selmo was substituted for Delmar Manex. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Lucio Stanislao replaced Desiderio Brais. El Fortín de Floresta made a substitution. Fulgencio Frances replaced Casimiro Policarpio. Lisandro Martinez hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 87th minute of play. With a little luck, El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 91st 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 93rd minute, Salvador Hats made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0.