Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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. Bruno Abeita started the match with the kick off. Rodrigo Jax took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 6 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Abeita came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richmond De Worteleere having to interfere. Richmond De Worteleere made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute. After a rather tough play, AC 1986 Vinalito's Marcin Wietrzychowski got a free kick in the 17th minute. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Abeita, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. After 27 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bruno Abeita who took care of the corner kick. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raimundo Guerau went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Guerau came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richmond De Worteleere was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Lautaro Mancebo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lautaro Mancebo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Richmond De Worteleere made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Abeita in the 46th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Richmond De Worteleere made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. Paolo Nicholas kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Richmond De Worteleere took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 61 played minutes AC 1986 Vinalito got a freekick which was hit by Pichit Mercier. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Frances in the 62nd minute of play. In the 69th minute, Joel Gaona 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. In the 71st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richmond De Worteleere saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, AC 1986 Vinalito's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Richmond De Worteleere reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Richmond De Worteleere tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Richmond De Worteleere 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 81st minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Richmond De Worteleere was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Frances in the 84th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 88 minutes of play, Mexico's Luca Zorita made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Richmond De Worteleere was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paolo Nicholas hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match.