Challenge

JET-Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, 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. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 8 minutes into the match, JET-M's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Nikifor Vekov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikifor Vekov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 9th minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Nikifor Vekov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Nikifor Vekov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla suffered a concussion in the 17th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. 17 minutes into the game, Lu Wei Zheng was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. JET-M's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Mexico's Xavier Seco was substituted for Alberto Tafalla. Lu Wei Zheng kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. After 22 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. JET-M's Nikifor Vekov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 24 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikifor Vekov was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the JET-M defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikifor Vekov. The JET-M fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikifor Vekov should have stopped the shot. Nikifor Vekov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhivko Shpatov, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 35th minute of play forced JET-M's goalkeeper Nikifor Vekov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhivko Shpatov hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Nikifor Vekov 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. In the 41st match minute, JET-M was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lu Wei Zheng to maneuver through the defense. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivan Haglund stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. Julio Quirze kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Nikifor Vekov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 58th minute of the match. Nikifor Vekov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 62 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Haglund came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute Ren Xi Liang 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. A collision led to JET-M getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Lu Wei Zheng hit a great ball. In the 68th minute of the match Joel Gaona shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nikifor Vekov showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind JET-M's goalkeeper Nikifor Vekov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, JET-M's goalkeeper Nikifor Vekov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. In the 76th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Haglund in the 79th minute of play. Nikifor Vekov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 85th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Nikifor Vekov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ivan Haglund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than JET-M.