Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, Matheu City FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Celedonio Eguen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 4 minutes Matheu City FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Celedonio Eguen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after Matheu City FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Matheu City FC's Celedonio Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 8th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Matheu City FC's Minas Makris got a free kick in the 9th minute. Matheu City FC's Celedonio Eguen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 11th minute of play. Celedonio Eguen 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 11th minute. In the 14th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celedonio Eguen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Minas Makris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Minas Makris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Celedonio Eguen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Celedonio Eguen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 27th minute of play forced Matheu City FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Eguen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 27th minute of play forced Matheu City FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Eguen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robinho Salgado in the 33rd minute of play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robinho Salgado in the 43rd minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Anselmo Jenaro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Matheu City FC's Mariano Egoitz got a free kick in the 46th minute. Maximino Lastur kicked well hit freekick during the 46th 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 crowd rose to their feet as Minas Makris kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 0-2 in the 52 minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Anier Manny in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. Celedonio Eguen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 66th minute of the match. If Anier Manny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Matheu City FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Eguen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Blas Rozarius had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 89th minute, Alberto Tafalla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Blas Rozarius got free with Dante Lacasa in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 94th minute of play forced Matheu City FC's goalkeeper Celedonio Eguen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Mexico's Joel Gaona in 95 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Celedonio Eguen guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in.