Challenge

Mokotów Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After having played for 5 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. André Onana 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 7th minute. Aleks Borsuk charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aleks Borsuk the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edin Džeko in the 14th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sielce Warszawa's André Onana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 19th minute of play. Mexico's attentive Facundo Cadaval managed to snatch the ball when Edin Džeko made a throw-in in the 22nd minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 23rd minute of play forced Sielce Warszawa's goalkeeper André Onana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Onana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 26th minute of play forced Sielce Warszawa's goalkeeper André Onana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Sielce Warszawa defense, Alberto Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Onana. The Sielce Warszawa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Onana should have stopped the shot. Roman Kaczynski took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After 38 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Onana was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sielce Warszawa's André Onana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 41st minute of play. After 42 minutes Sielce Warszawa's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Mexico's Luca Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but André Onana in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The Sielce Warszawa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Janusz Haskiewicz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 53rd minute of play forced Sielce Warszawa's goalkeeper André Onana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd play minute Joel Gaona came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised André Onana. 1-3. In the 63rd minute, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind André Onana. André Onana yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Through an outstanding action, after 67 minutes, André Onana successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 68th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Mancebo to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Sielce Warszawa's Gunnsteinn Guðbjörnsson got a free kick in the 71st minute. André Onana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roman Kaczynski in the 76th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Sielce Warszawa's goalkeeper André Onana had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Janusz Haskiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Alberto Tafalla kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving André Onana. That made the score 1-6 in the 91 minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sielce Warszawa.