Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Urrutia Chavarria took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fausto Sotres 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 2nd minute. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 13th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fausto Sotres could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Fausto Sotres in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Siete de Octubre's Fausto Sotres got control of the ball when Facundo Cadaval tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Urrutia Chavarria managed to get in a good position for a shot. Siete de Octubre's supporters rose to their feet, but Urrutia Chavarria was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Fausto Sotres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fausto Sotres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Siete de Octubre's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Fausto Sotres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 39th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fausto Sotres was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 41 played minutes Siete de Octubre got a freekick which was hit by Mendoza Truebano. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joel Gaona in the 44th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fausto Sotres prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 45th minute after Siete de Octubre's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fausto Sotres in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 47th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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: 2-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Luca Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aguirre Vialpando in the 56th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fausto Sotres took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fausto Sotres made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 63rd minute of play. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Aguirre Vialpando tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto Sotres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fausto Sotres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 72nd minute of the match. Macos Graciani made in the 79th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Luca Zorita. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fausto Sotres was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. 88 minutes into the match, Siete de Octubre's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Fausto Sotres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto Sotres showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Facundo Cadaval's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fausto Sotres was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. 95 minutes into the match, Siete de Octubre's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Fausto Sotres reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aguirre Vialpando'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. Aguirre Vialpando helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Mexico booed when Siete de Octubre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aguirre Vialpando didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Mexico booed when Siete de Octubre was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 98 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ascencio Vicuña didn't get a good kick on the ball.