Challenge

El Gigante
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Alvar Öberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Club Atletico Rio Tercero's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alvar Öberg came out of the goal and Alberto Tafalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 12 minutes into the match, Club Atletico Rio Tercero's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Alvar Öberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Cipriano Joachim 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. The supporters of Mexico booed when Club Atletico Rio Tercero was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Jerrald didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fred Karlsson in the 24th minute. Evelio Abecia kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacobo Mark in the 27th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacobo Mark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alvar Öberg was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rdth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Atletico Rio Tercero's Alvar Öberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 39th 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Rio Tercero's Saturnino Rubio got a free kick in the 40th minute. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Joel Gaona hit a great ball. 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 home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jacobo Mark was the one to do the kick off. If Jacobo Mark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 54 minutes into the match, Fred Karlsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fred Karlsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. When Luca Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 57th 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 Luca Zorita couldn't finish the play. Alvar Öberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 60th minute of play. When Fred Karlsson fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club Atletico Rio Tercero's protests and gave Fred Karlsson a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Club Atletico Rio Tercero getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Fred Karlsson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Jerrald in the 64th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Luque to maneuver through the defense. Alvar Öberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 68th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alejandro Jerrald in the 71st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Rio Tercero's Cipriano Joachim got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Club Atletico Rio Tercero's Alvar Öberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Club Atletico Rio Tercero from getting a goal against them. After 77 played minutes Club Atletico Rio Tercero got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Eladio. Alvar Öberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 78th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Karlsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alvar Öberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 83rd minute. 88 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Club Atletico Rio Tercero's Alvar Öberg. Alvar Öberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 94th 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. In the 95th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Facundo Cadaval to maneuver through the defense. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejandro Jerrald in the 96th minute of play. Despite being the better team, Mexico failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.