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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 3rd minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 4 played minutes Mean Machine got a freekick which was hit by Lakis Mantarinakis. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mean Machine'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Menios Chloros in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 17 minutes, Nedim Emekli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mean Machine's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nedim Emekli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Makris, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 25th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Makris, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 30th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menios Chloros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 35th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menios Chloros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38thth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mean Machine's Menios Chloros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Carles Pujol sent off a good shot on target. Menios Chloros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 42nd minute. In the 43rd minute of the match Nikos Stasinos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Menios Chloros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 45th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nedim Emekli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 51st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carles Pujol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Menios Chloros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Carles Pujol 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. Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga was substituted for Archibaldo Peñaranda. 69 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Daniil Bonoris charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniil Bonoris the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Daniil Bonoris hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 82nd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Macos Graciani to maneuver through the defense. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 85th 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 Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. 88 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Nedim Emekli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mean Machine's supporters rose to their feet, but Nedim Emekli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 92nd match minute, Mean Machine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agnaldo Braga to maneuver through the defense. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Mean Machine from getting a goal against them. In the 94th minute, Luca Milivojević hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mean Machine's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.