Challenge

Genk Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Jannes Van Leempoel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jannes Van Leempoel 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 12th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Suat Kaya in the 14th minute of play. Jannes Van Leempoel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Rain De Hond tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jannes Van Leempoel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 28th minute of play. Jannes Van Leempoel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 29th minute of play. Jannes Van Leempoel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jannes Van Leempoel. Genk's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vergil Rupov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 46 minutes had been played when some careless play by Genk'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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vergil Rupov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Jannes Van Leempoel made a huge save. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jannes Van Leempoel came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 57th minute of play forced Genk's goalkeeper Jannes Van Leempoel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jannes Van Leempoel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 59th minute of play. In the 60th match minute, Genk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfons Rijniers to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rain De Hond in the 66th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa 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 Vergil Rupov in the 70th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute Genk were awarded a corner. Thomas-Jan Van de Weijer went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to Genk's Alfons Rijniers getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. 77 minutes into the match, Genk's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Jannes Van Leempoel reached the ball before it rolled over 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 78th minute. A collision led to Genk getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Suat Kaya hit a great ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. Suat Kaya's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. After 87 played minutes Genk got a freekick which was hit by Alfons Rijniers. Vergil Rupov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 93rd minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.