Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefan Bejrut, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. In the 10th minute of the match Brokopondo 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. Kazimierz Falkowski ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Brokopondo's Barnaba Blochowiak to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mauro Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the game, Wieslaw Kalak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Brokopondo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kazimierz Falkowski in the 31st minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Barnaba Blochowiak, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Brokopondo's Mauro Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 36th minute of play. Brokopondo's Mauro Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 37th minute of play. Mauro Esteves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute, Luca Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Barnaba Blochowiak's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Barnaba Blochowiak put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazimierz Falkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Brokopondo's Che Guevara was substituted for Kazimierz Falkowski. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Barnaba Blochowiak was the one to do the kick off. Mauro Esteves 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 53rd minute. Mauro Esteves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 57th minute Barnaba Blochowiak 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. Brokopondo's Mauro Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 58th minute of play. Brokopondo's Mauro Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 60th minute of play. Brokopondo made a substitution. 정 남 replaced Stefan Bejrut. Brokopondo's Zbyszko Rakowski was substituted for Tobiasz Derlanga. In the 63rd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mauro Esteves in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Che Guevara got free with Dante Lacasa in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Wieslaw Kalak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Barnaba Blochowiak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Brokopondo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Barnaba Blochowiak in the 69th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Brokopondo's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Mauro Esteves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 78 minutes into the game, Mexico's Luca Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mauro Esteves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-4. In the 81st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Esteves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barnaba Blochowiak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mauro Esteves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 93rd minute of play. Barnaba Blochowiak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 95th minute of play forced Brokopondo's goalkeeper Mauro Esteves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 96th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Luca Zorita heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Brokopondo had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.