Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antoni Villarroel in the 4th minute of play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoni Villarroel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ludovít Reis hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu managed to reach the ball for a save. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Alejandro Verdu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA from getting a goal against them. Macos Graciani kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. In the 46thth minute of the game Bubu Denat who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bubu Denat stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA got a freekick which was hit by Federico Zanetti. The crowd rose to their feet as Bubu Denat kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 0-1 in the 55 minute of play. F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's Marc Vilaplana was substituted for Ludovít Reis. Alberto Tafalla kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 65th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 67th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Alejandro Verdu in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Bubu Denat came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bubu Denat couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 78th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo to a score. 1-1 in the 80th minute. In the 86th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 90th minute of play forced F.C. AMERICAN BARÇA's goalkeeper Alejandro Verdu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alejandro Verdu having to interfere. Mexico's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.