Challenge

上海体育场
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 潘荣振 started the match with the kick off. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 潘荣振 in the 7th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 潘荣振, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After a rather tough play, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 孔誉超 got a free kick in the 8th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 庄南潮 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 庄南潮 was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. 庄南潮 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 23rd minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 潘荣振, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 庄南潮 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 27th minute. In the 28th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. 32 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of 庄南潮. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 庄南潮 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 庄南潮 having to interfere. With an all-out effort, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's Dante Lacasa threw himself towards the right post 42 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from 潘荣振, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 石义夕 was slow to take the kick. During this time 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's players had a chance to rest. In the 46th minute, 孔誉超 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Alberto Tafalla cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. 庄南潮 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Mexico's Joel Gaona in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalie prevented a goal. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by 上海卢湾飞箭代表队'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. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 庄南潮 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 55thth minute of the game Luca Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 庄南潮 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 潘荣振 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dante Lacasa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 62 minutes into the game, 贺桦乐 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. In the 63rd of the match, Joel Gaona tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but 庄南潮 got in the way and made a wonderful save. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but 庄南潮 made a huge save. After 66 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Zorita. 潘荣振 might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 潘荣振 ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with 庄南潮 in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goalkeeper 庄南潮, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but 庄南潮 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of 庄南潮. 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 80thth minute of the game Alberto Tafalla who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 上海卢湾飞箭代表队's 庄南潮 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 庄南潮 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alberto Tafalla's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. If 潘荣振 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 潘荣振, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Mexico supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Mexico would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.