Challenge

Parc des Princes
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. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Constantin Ciolacu 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 11th minute. Constantin Ciolacu 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 12th minute. Constantin Ciolacu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Constantin Ciolacu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valeriu Enache. Paris Saint-Germain were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Valeriu Enache took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zebastian Soned in the 20th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute of the match Paris Saint-Germain got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Valeriu Enache ran over to the corner to take the kick. 27 minutes into the match, Paris Saint-Germain's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Constantin Ciolacu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Valeriu Enache came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Paris Saint-Germain 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 Valeriu Enache couldn't finish the play. Constantin Ciolacu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 35th minute of the match. In the 37th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Constantin Ciolacu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Viriato lacerda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 39th match minute, Paris Saint-Germain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by George Rareș to maneuver through the defense. Constantin Ciolacu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. If Jacindo Abalos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wincent Malik hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute of the match, Joel Gaona sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Constantin Ciolacu showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. 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.

Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Constantin Ciolacu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Constantin Ciolacu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zebastian Soned, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Luca Zorita slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Constantin Ciolacu. That made the score 0-1 after 63 minutes of play. Lautaro Mancebo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 66th playminute. Viriato lacerda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Constantin Ciolacu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 81st minute of play forced Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeeper Constantin Ciolacu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paris Saint-Germain's Constantin Ciolacu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 83rd minute of play. Constantin Ciolacu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 83rd minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zebastian Soned in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Zebastian Soned had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zebastian Soned was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Constantin Ciolacu 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 89th minute. In the 91st minute, Zebastian Soned 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. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 96th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Mexico had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.