Challenge

Highbury
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Hidrocarburo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Kauno Pirnes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amos Fabiani charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amos Fabiani the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Amos Fabiani kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Hidrocarburo FC's Kauno Pirnes. Kauno Pirnes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 13 minutes Hidrocarburo FC'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Kauno Pirnes in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kauno Pirnes having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Hidrocarburo FC's Kahlil Suwandi got a free kick in the 19th minute. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kauno Pirnes was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kauno Pirnes was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hidrocarburo FC's Kauno Pirnes did a great save. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Benjamin Pavard during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hidrocarburo FC's Kauno Pirnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 42nd minute of play. Joel Gaona scored 0-2 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kauno Pirnes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kauno Pirnes having to interfere. Kauno Pirnes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Nicodim Mangra ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nemesio Sol's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Hidrocarburo FC's Kauno Pirnes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 72nd minute of play. Kauno Pirnes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 74th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Hidrocarburo FC's goalkeeper Kauno Pirnes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. The supporters of Mexico booed when Hidrocarburo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amos Fabiani didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute Nemesio Sol 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. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nemesio Sol's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. After 85 minutes Hidrocarburo FC'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. The corner ended in Alberto Tafalla almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hidrocarburo FC's Kauno Pirnes did a great save. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Kauno Pirnes threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luca Zorita, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Facundo Cadaval received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Kauno Pirnes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.