Challenge

CITY OF KINGS
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Niculae Dudău came out of the goal in the 18th 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 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as MINAS TIRITH's Phoenix Alb slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-1 after 20 minutes of play. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Phoenix Alb in the 29th minute. 34 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niculae Dudău. MINAS TIRITH's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. 37 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Niculae Dudău was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 44th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Niculae Dudău was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. After the first half Mexico were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

With a little luck, MINAS TIRITH's Niculae Dudău got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niculae Dudău. MINAS TIRITH's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MINAS TIRITH's Görkem Büyükada shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-5 in the ordered_time% minute. MINAS TIRITH made a substitution. Iustinian Crăiță replaced George Alupulesei. Niculae Dudău took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MINAS TIRITH's Niculae Dudău played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute of play. In the 80th minute Phoenix Alb 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. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Phoenix Alb kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Görkem Büyükada in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute Phoenix Alb 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. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.