Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Dobri Pipkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 11th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 19th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobri Pipkov in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 23rd minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Цървена звезда getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Sevdalin Lenov hit a great ball. A collision led to Цървена звезда getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Avgust Kyurkchiev hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Diyan Svilarov came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Luca Zorita hit a great ball. Arso Kenarov hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zapryan Sachanski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Zapryan Sachanski. Цървена звезда's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 45th minute Dobri Pipkov 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. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Цървена звезда players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Dobri Pipkov made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Цървена звезда's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Zapryan Sachanski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zapryan Sachanski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 61 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Zapryan Sachanski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after Цървена звезда's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Цървена звезда's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Luca Rouco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zapryan Sachanski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 69th minute of play. In the 85th minute, Diyan Svilarov made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. In the 89th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Zapryan Sachanski in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 93 minutes Цървена звезда'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. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Zapryan Sachanski made a huge save. In the 96th minute Diyan Svilarov 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. Mexico played a much better game than Цървена звезда and deserved their victory. The Цървена звезда players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.