Challenge

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Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Selçuk Özgebay was slow to take the kick. During this time Ema City's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Ema City's Selçuk Özgebay to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Marek Mockiewicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. 13 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bartosz Trzenzalski. Ema City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Carneiro in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 22nd minute of play forced Ema City's goalkeeper Bartosz Trzenzalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Carneiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bartosz Trzenzalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 32nd minute of the match. 0-2 became the score in the 32nd minute when Joel Gaona elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. The supporters of Ema City booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Macos Graciani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mexico's defense didn't have a chance, in the 42nd minute, when José Carneiro scored to the left of an out of position Dante Lacasa, making the score, 1-2. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Bartosz Trzenzalski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell José Carneiro to make the kick off. In the 54th minute José Carneiro 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. Bartosz Trzenzalski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 55th minute. Maciej Parzysz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 64 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Joel Gaona sped through Ema City's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bartosz Trzenzalski. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Bartosz Trzenzalski made a huge save. José Carneiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Carneiro ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carneiro in the 78th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Bartosz Trzenzalski made a huge save. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 89th minute after Ema City's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. Bartosz Trzenzalski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Joel Gaona showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-5 in the 92 minute of play. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ema City throughout the match.