Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Valentin Negroni made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Metapalo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Gavino Belarmo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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 6th minute. A nice corner shot did that Luca Rouco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gavino Belarmo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dante Rafe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Metapalo FC's Gavino Belarmo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Metapalo FC from getting a goal against them. In the 21st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Belarmo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentin Negroni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Belarmo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Negroni in the 28th minute of the match. Valentin Negroni's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Negroni in the 35th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Valentin Negroni 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 Valentin Negroni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of Mexico booed when Metapalo FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toto Fabri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Negroni in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Valentin Negroni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Luca Zorita took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gavino Belarmo. Gavino Belarmo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. In the 61st minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gavino Belarmo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gavino Belarmo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Gavino Belarmo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Dante Rafe sent off a good shot on target. Gavino Belarmo came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Facundo Cadaval. But to his dismay, Facundo Cadaval quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Rafe in the 83rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavino Belarmo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 84th minute of the match. Gavino Belarmo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 91st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Metapalo FC's Valentin Negroni got a free kick in the 94th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Metapalo FC's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gavino Belarmo came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mexico were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Metapalo FC to leave the ground with a draw.