Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ersen Bumba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 4 minutes, Felix Luque mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. After some careless play in the ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ defense, Facundo Cadaval kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Baptista. The ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Baptista should have stopped the shot. 13 minutes into the match, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Carlos Baptista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 15 in the game by Ersen Bumba from a close distance when the talented Dante Lacasa managed to make a qualified save. Mexico's players were relieved. Ersen Bumba struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Dante Lacasa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Numan Afak in the 19th minute of the match. Ersen Bumba could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. With his leg Dante Lacasa managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Ersen Bumba fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 24 played minutes ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ got a freekick which was hit by Kai-Christian Maletz. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Ersen Bumba kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Carlos Baptista stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lautaro Mancebo's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 36th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Luca Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Baptista. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luca Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 40th minute of play. Ersen Bumba kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ersen Bumba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ali Numan Afak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Baskın Acem was substituted for Miroslaw Majorski. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Numan Afak in the 61st minute of play. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erdeniz Karadeniz in the 62nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Erdeniz Karadeniz 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, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 65th minute. The supporters of ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonardo Leoz didn't get a good kick on the ball. ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's attentive Erman Kayıhan managed to snatch the ball when Leonardo Leoz made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ersen Bumba, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Carlos Baptista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 82nd minute of play. With a little luck, ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's Carlos Baptista got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 87th minute of play forced ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ's goalkeeper Carlos Baptista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the game, Joel Gaona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Carlos Baptista was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 90 minutes into the match, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlos Baptista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ЧΙ ƝƖ̇ƘƠMЄƊƖ̇ƛ ƑƘ.