Challenge

Salgueiro Murilão
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Juarês Melo made the kick off and thus started the match. Per-Olof Sikström 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 2nd minute. Yuri Alberto hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Per-Olof Sikström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Cadaval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the match, Juarês Melo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa, 1-0. Per-Olof Sikström 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 16th minute. In the 22nd minute, Juarês Melo made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. 25 minutes into the match, Messejana SportClub - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Per-Olof Sikström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Per-Olof Sikström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 29th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Per-Olof Sikström narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Per-Olof Sikström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 38th minute of the game was made by Macos Graciani with Luca Zorita as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juarês Melo went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. Messejana SportClub - DMZ's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Joel Gaona scored to the left of an out of position Per-Olof Sikström, making the score, 3-1. 56 minutes into the match, Messejana SportClub - DMZ's goalkeeper Per-Olof Sikström had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. In the 58th minute, Juarês Melo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Messejana SportClub - DMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Messejana SportClub - DMZ's Per-Olof Sikström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Messejana SportClub - DMZ from getting a goal against them. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Per-Olof Sikström having to interfere. 66 minutes into the match, Messejana SportClub - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Per-Olof Sikström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Juarês Melo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Messejana SportClub - DMZ made a substitution. Bebeto Santos replaced Vladimir Serena. Messejana SportClub - DMZ made a substitution. Teodoro Uster replaced José Paulo Seco. An unexpected shot in the 78th minute by Luca Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Messejana SportClub - DMZ were victorious despite being under pressure from Mexico for much of the match.