Challenge

Mataderos FC
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Mexico booed when Expreso del oeste was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Constantino Lartaun didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Expreso del oeste getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Juliusz Hodyl hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Lautaro Mancebo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hernan Fernanco was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. A collision led to Expreso del oeste getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Matias Sein hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 23rd minute of play forced Expreso del oeste's goalkeeper Hernan Fernanco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Expreso del oeste's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Hernan Fernanco despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Mexico's Joel Gaona nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hernan Fernanco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Jason Ghost tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hernan Fernanco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Mexico booed when Expreso del oeste was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matias Sein didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hernan Fernanco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 44th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 50 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Lartaun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Luca Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hernan Fernanco was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantino Lartaun in the 59th minute of play. Expreso del oeste's Juliusz Hodyl got his second yellow card of the match in the 60th minute. The referee ordered Juliusz Hodyl off the ground. In the 61st minute, Juliusz Hodyl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 63 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Expreso del oeste's Hernan Fernanco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 64th minute of play. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gaby Diares's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 71 minutes into the match, Expreso del oeste's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Hernan Fernanco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaby Diares struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Dante Lacasa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Expreso del oeste. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute of play forced Expreso del oeste's goalkeeper Hernan Fernanco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Expreso del oeste's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Hernan Fernanco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 82 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Joel Gaona. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hernan Fernanco came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 88th minute. Gaby Diares's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gaby Diares helped the player get up and apologised. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Expreso del oeste throughout the match.