Challenge

El Cilindro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 8 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lorenzo Cazalla came free, but Walery Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lorenzo Cazalla in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Walery Balkiewicz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lorenzo Cazalla in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Walery Balkiewicz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Walery Balkiewicz 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 15th minute. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by Academia FC'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. Walery Balkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 19th minute of play forced Academia FC's goalkeeper Walery Balkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Walery Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Academia FC's Walery Balkiewicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 26th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Walery Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 29 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. Academia FC's Asko Kuul quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 32 played minutes Academia FC got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Nabar. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Asko Kuul in the 34th minute. Macos Graciani made in the 36th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Luca Zorita immediately put the ball in play. 39 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Walery Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Elmo Jaanovits hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elmo Jaanovits to make the kick off. Lautaro Mancebo kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Walery Balkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Walery Balkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 56th minute of play. Walery Balkiewicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Walery Balkiewicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 58th minute. Asko Kuul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Academia FC made a substitution. Francisco Ascencio replaced Asko Kuul. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Walery Balkiewicz made a huge save. In the 72nd minute, Elmo Jaanovits made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Academia FC's Walery Balkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Academia FC from getting a goal against them. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elmo Jaanovits in the 76th minute of play. When Elmo Jaanovits came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Academia FC 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 Elmo Jaanovits couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, 江崇默 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 88 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Elmo Jaanovits came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elmo Jaanovits in the 89th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 江崇默 was slow to take the kick. During this time Academia FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 江崇默 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Academia FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Mexico for much of the match.