Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. Through an outstanding action, after 6 minutes, Zapryan Sachanski successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobri Pipkov in the 8th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Цървена звезда's defense didn't have a chance, in the 12th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo scored to the left of an out of position Zapryan Sachanski, making the score, 1-0. 17 minutes into the match, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zapryan Sachanski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zapryan Sachanski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 19th minute of play. In the 20thth minute of the game Luca Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobri Pipkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dobri Pipkov in the 22nd minute of play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobri Pipkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zapryan Sachanski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 26th minute of the match. A collision led to Цървена звезда getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Avgust Kyurkchiev hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arso Kenarov during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diyan Svilarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zapryan Sachanski saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 42 played minutes Цървена звезда got a freekick which was hit by Avgust Kyurkchiev. Diyan Svilarov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dobri Pipkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Lorenzo Cazalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Neno Partalin. Zapryan Sachanski 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 56th minute. Zapryan Sachanski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 59th minute of play. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Mexico 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 66th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zapryan Sachanski came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski managed to reach the ball for a save. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Цървена звезда'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. In the 72nd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zapryan Sachanski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 86th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 88th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute of the match, Lilko Shentov tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 94th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.