Challenge

Arena SPFL
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Emerson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of the match. In the 4th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Zorita to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute Gao Kun Mo 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. Emerson Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, São Paulo Leste F.C.'s Edvard Gråberg got a free kick in the 13th minute. Emerson Leão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. São Paulo Leste F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 17 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. São Paulo Leste F.C.'s Emerson Leão tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Emerson Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. After a rather tough play, São Paulo Leste F.C.'s Edvard Gråberg got a free kick in the 23rd minute. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great ball. Joel Gaona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emerson Leão read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. In the 32nd minute Maximilian Mellberg 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. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximilian Mellberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joel Gaona scored 0-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emerson Leão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. David Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 40th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Emerson Leão. São Paulo Leste F.C.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 45th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Zorita to maneuver through the defense. La Ele'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. La Ele helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, São Paulo Leste F.C.'s La Ele got a free kick in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Edvard Gråberg to make the kick off. Emerson Leão 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 55th minute. David Coutinho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gao Kun Mo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute Gao Kun Mo 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Gaona got free with Emerson Leão in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 63rd 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: 0-4. Emerson Leão didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. In the 70th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emerson Leão 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 Gao Kun Mo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute Gao Kun Mo 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. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edvard Gråberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gao Kun Mo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind São Paulo Leste F.C.'s goalkeeper Emerson Leão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. David Coutinho kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. With a little luck, São Paulo Leste F.C.'s Emerson Leão got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Lautaro Mancebo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emerson Leão. That made the score 0-6 in the 90 minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Emerson Leão made a huge save. After 96 minutes, David Coutinho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the São Paulo Leste F.C. and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.