Challenge

TRINEC ARENA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Karel Patočka hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan Šiška was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Jan Šiška took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Matos in the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th minute TRINEC F.C. were awarded a corner. Domenico Cavallaro went to the cornerflag to take it. Xie Sheng hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, César Matos took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Dante Lacasa to make any attempt to save it. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Matos in the 36th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Matos in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Remus Balțoi to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Pons in the 51st minute of play. Remus Balțoi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. When TRINEC F.C.'s Remus Balțoi in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. Jan Šiška showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remus Balțoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 68th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jan Šiška was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 72nd minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jan Šiška. The goal made the score 1-4. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Matos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan Šiška showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Luque in the 80th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. TRINEC F.C.'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. In the 83rd minute, Alberto Tafalla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-5. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from César Matos went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-5 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Gaona kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jan Šiška. That made the score 3-6 in the 93 minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mexico walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.