Challenge

Stadium Valinhos SP
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. After 8 minutes ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC'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. Murilo Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Mancebo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Murilo Lopez was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Murilo Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 12th minute of play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. A hard and well directed shot from Marcos Terra led 14 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Mexico's Dante Lacasa became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 1-0. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Murilo Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 17th minute of play. In the 21st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Murilo Lopez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when İsrafil Mengü sent off a good shot on target. In the 26th minute, Kenneth Söderqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC'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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luca Zorita in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Murilo Lopez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luca Zorita in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Murilo Lopez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Murilo Lopez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 32nd minute of play. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Murilo Lopez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 34th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Murilo Lopez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Marcos Terra sent off a good shot on target. In the 47th minute, Aybars Tuygun made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcos Terra was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute İsrafil Mengü 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. 63 minutes into the match, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's goalkeeper Murilo Lopez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luca Zorita. Laurits Dyrkorn hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Luca Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murilo Lopez having to interfere. Washington Alves's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Washington Alves helped the player get up and apologised. Glaukia Plepi hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Murilo Lopez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Glaukia Plepi got a free kick in the 87th minute. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC's Chesus Dobarral quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Macos Graciani, made in the 89th minute of the game. A collision led to ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Chesus Dobarral hit a great ball. Murilo Lopez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 91st minute. Chesus Dobarral charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chesus Dobarral the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mexico booed when ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chesus Dobarral didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. ⚜️ Inter de Meião MzC were victorious despite being under pressure from Mexico for much of the match.