Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 4 minutes into the game, Macos Graciani threw the ball into play from the sideline. FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Marios Tselekis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aaron Cortez, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 10th minute Remigiusz Lamczyk 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. FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Karol Ciempa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 15th minute of play. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alfred Kocieniewski, made in the 18th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aaron Cortez 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. Karol Ciempa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aaron Cortez's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by FlashField Bielsko-Biała'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. After 34 played minutes FlashField Bielsko-Biała got a freekick which was hit by Edgar Panikowski. Through an outstanding action, after 35 minutes, Karol Ciempa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 37th minute, FlashField Bielsko-Biała's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lautaro Mancebo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 45 minutes of play, FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Edgar Panikowski made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Alberto Tafalla cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Karol Ciempa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alfred Zacharzewski hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Aaron Cortez tried to sneak it across the goal line. FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Ulryk Dejo was substituted for Aaron Cortez. Leonardo Leoz made in the 67th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Alfred Kocieniewski. In the 72nd minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karol Ciempa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 75th minute of play forced FlashField Bielsko-Biała's goalkeeper Karol Ciempa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ulryk Dejo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. The supporters of FlashField Bielsko-Biała booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Leoz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Panikowski in the 87th minute of play. After 91 minutes FlashField Bielsko-Biała'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. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Karol Ciempa quite easily take care of the ball. Joel Gaona succeeded in the game's 91st minute to get real power on a long shot . FlashField Bielsko-Biała's Karol Ciempa hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 3-1! Alfred Zacharzewski kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 94th minute of play forced FlashField Bielsko-Biała's goalkeeper Karol Ciempa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Mexico were the better team. Mexico's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.