Challenge

Stade du Roudourou
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) En avant de guingamp's Ni Jun Liang 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. 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 7th minute. Shi Guo Wen 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 10th minute. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Antônio Carlos Almeida tried to sneak it across the goal line. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pan Xiang Kuan was slow to take the kick. During this time En avant de guingamp's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Antônio Carlos Almeida got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Antônio Carlos Almeida sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. 20 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Antônio Carlos Almeida. In the 22nd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shi Guo Wen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ni Jun Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Shi Guo Wen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 24 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Shi Guo Wen. En avant de guingamp's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Shi Guo Wen 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 29th minute. After 32nd play minutes Ni Jun Liang shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Dante Lacasa and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind En avant de guingamp's goalkeeper Shi Guo Wen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Shi Guo Wen saved En avant de guingamp from getting behind. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ni Jun Liang in the 41st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ni Jun Liang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. En avant de guingamp were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pan Xiang Kuan took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Pan Xiang Kuan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in En avant de guingamp's zone, Luca Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shi Guo Wen came out of the goal and Luca Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Xu Xing Ming 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. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Antônio Carlos Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Shi Guo Wen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute Antônio Carlos Almeida 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. In the 84th minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Shi Guo Wen. The goal made the score 3-2. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Shi Guo Wen came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 3-3 in the 91st minute.