Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucian Stere, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 6 minutes into the match, FC Steaua Pildesti's goalkeeper Marian Văduvescu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. After some careless play in the FC Steaua Pildesti defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marian Văduvescu. The FC Steaua Pildesti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marian Văduvescu should have stopped the shot. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 13th minute. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marian Văduvescu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of play forced FC Steaua Pildesti's goalkeeper Marian Văduvescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marian Văduvescu 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 23rd minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zygmunt Dunajski in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 28th minute of play forced FC Steaua Pildesti's goalkeeper Marian Văduvescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucian Stere in the 30th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 32nd minute of play forced FC Steaua Pildesti's goalkeeper Marian Văduvescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Paulescu in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucian Stere in the 38th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucian Stere in the 38th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucian Stere, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Filip Paulescu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marian Văduvescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 59th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zygmunt Dunajski in the 65th minute of play. Marian Văduvescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 68th minute of the match. Marian Văduvescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 72nd minute of the match. After 74 minutes, Zygmunt Dunajski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Steaua Pildesti and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Mexico booed when FC Steaua Pildesti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zygmunt Dunajski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marian Văduvescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolae Barbu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marian Văduvescu was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Filip Paulescu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dante Lacasa firmly grabbed it by the left post. 94 minutes into the match, FC Steaua Pildesti's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Marian Văduvescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lautaro Mancebo to maneuver through the defense. For all the effort they put into the match, the FC Steaua Pildesti players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Mexico.