Challenge

Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sidónio Silva got the match started through his kick off. Konrad Tøndergaard 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 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's zone, Luca Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Konrad Tøndergaard came out of the goal and Luca Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 8th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konrad Tøndergaard saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Konrad Tøndergaard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 9th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Irving Ortiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's Konrad Tøndergaard played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 17th minute of play. Konrad Tøndergaard 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 24th minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sidónio Silva in the 25th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sidónio Silva. After 26 minutes of play, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's Sidónio Silva made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 29th minute of play forced SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's goalkeeper Konrad Tøndergaard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led to Mexico's Facundo Cadaval getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Konrad Tøndergaard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Tøndergaard having to interfere. Konrad Tøndergaard made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd match minute, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquim Ferraz to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Tøndergaard having to interfere. Sidónio Silva scored 2-0 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Lacasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidónio Silva in the 52nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oswaldo Salmanton during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Normando Vilas Boas hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. The long shot by Joel Gaona in the 57th minute really tested Konrad Tøndergaard's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Konrad Tøndergaard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's Oswaldo Salmanton got a free kick in the 59th minute. SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's Konrad Tøndergaard proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA from getting a goal against them. 67 minutes into the match, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's goalkeeper Konrad Tøndergaard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Konrad Tøndergaard made a huge save. Konrad Tøndergaard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA's Konrad Tøndergaard got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Normando Vilas Boas'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. Normando Vilas Boas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th match minute, SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Normando Vilas Boas to maneuver through the defense. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jorge Lisboa went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidónio Silva in the 81st minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 87th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Konrad Tøndergaard could save by the left post. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Tøndergaard having to interfere. SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA made a substitution. Carlos Lousada replaced Joel Coimbra. SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA made a substitution. Durval Ruas replaced Jorge Lisboa.