Challenge

Eduardo Galeano
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Camilo Isauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. los nadies's Camilo Isauro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 8th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amadeo Martxel, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Camilo Isauro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 17th minute of the match. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Emilio Ascencio in the 26 minute of the game. With his leg Dante Lacasa managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when los nadies's Amadeo Martxel fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 30th 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. After 34 played minutes los nadies got a freekick which was hit by Siro Olivar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 44th minute of play forced los nadies's goalkeeper Camilo Isauro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Amadeo Martxel stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lorenzo Cazalla kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. 53 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Camilo Isauro. los nadies's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, los nadies's Cortez Gamba got a free kick in the 57th minute. Joel Gaona was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 57th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Camilo Isauro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Camilo Isauro threw himself towards the right post 65 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Alberto Tafalla, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Camilo Isauro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joel Gaona in the 75th minute. When the match clock showed 79 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Amadeo Martxel sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. In the 82nd minute Amado Inautzi 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. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amado Inautzi, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amadeo Martxel in the 82nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 84th minute. Emilio Ascencio kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Camilo Isauro made a huge save. After 90 played minutes los nadies got a freekick which was hit by Aquilino Unai. In the 95th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simone Ritieni in the 96th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.