Challenge

Arena dourada
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Robrecht Moreau made the kick off which started today's match. Claudinho Palmeiras short, quick shot in the 27thth minute got Dante Lacasa to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Filip Blicharz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 28th minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, U.VAGABUNDOS's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Filip Blicharz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the game, Robrecht Moreau recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa. Robrecht Moreau showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after U.VAGABUNDOS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Filip Blicharz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Luca Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filip Blicharz was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after U.VAGABUNDOS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 41st 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. Filip Blicharz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Facundo Cadaval went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Claudinho Palmeira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Claudinho Palmeira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cristian Bittencourt hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After having played for 57 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 62nd minute Claudinho Palmeira 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 65th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Luiz Paulo Salles sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Mexico's Dante Lacasa didn't even have to move. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robrecht Moreau in the 77th minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filip Blicharz made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Filip Blicharz. That made the score 2-2 after 88 minutes of play. In the 93rd minute, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Facundo Cadaval the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mexico protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Facundo Cadaval had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 92nd minute, one of Mexico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mexico. Filip Blicharz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 96th minute of play. Mexico were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing U.VAGABUNDOS to leave the ground with a draw.