Challenge

Bombonera Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Martin Palermo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 6th minute of the match. In the 10th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 11th minute. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ruben Sánchez in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 13th minute of the match, Martin Palermo tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nahuel Molina kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Ruben Sánchez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. La Candela FC's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 17th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ruben Sánchez saved La Candela FC from getting behind. Martin Palermo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dante Lacasa having to make a save. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 26th minute of play. In the 30th match minute, La Candela FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastián Battaglia to maneuver through the defense. La Candela FC's Ruben Sánchez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 32nd minute of play. Ruben Sánchez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 35th minute of play. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 39th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, La Candela FC's Sebastián Battaglia got a free kick in the 40th minute. Luis Medero charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luis Medero the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th match minute, La Candela FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Medero to maneuver through the defense. 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Ruben Sánchez in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A sloppy throw-in by Macos Graciani in the 56th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by La Candela FC's Rodolfo Arruabarrena. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Palermo in the 61st minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, La Candela FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, La Candela FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Ruben Sánchez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Candela FC's Rodolfo Arruabarrena quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Macos Graciani, made in the 66th minute of the game. Ruben Sánchez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. In the 77th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ruben Sánchez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 80th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubén-Darío Feldmann in the 80th minute of play. Ruben Sánchez made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Facundo Cadaval sent off a good shot on target. 83 minutes in the game Macos Graciani did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Joel Gaona. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 84th minute of play forced La Candela FC's goalkeeper Ruben Sánchez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ruben Sánchez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Rubén-Darío Feldmann came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miguel Nicolau hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. After 93 minutes of play, La Candela FC's Rubén-Darío Feldmann made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! The La Candela FC support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.