Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cheng Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 3rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Cheng Qiang made a huge save. 14 minutes into the game, team pollen's Ali Nejat Özsungur nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dante Lacasa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Mexico 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredrik Aalvik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anselmo Jaen charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anselmo Jaen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th match minute, team pollen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anselmo Jaen to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cheng Qiang saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 34th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cheng Qiang was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 35th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. team pollen's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Luca Rouco got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-1. 35 minutes into the match. After 38 minutes, Leon Bakkelund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the team pollen and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th minute, Leon Bakkelund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dennis Stokkeland sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. team pollen's Cheng Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute of play. Cheng Qiang 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 57th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cheng Qiang. team pollen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Facundo Cadaval was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Dennis Stokkeland hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cheng Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 65th minute of play forced team pollen's goalkeeper Cheng Qiang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. team pollen's Cheng Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 68th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cheng Qiang saved team pollen from getting behind. 74 minutes into the match, team pollen's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Cheng Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cheng Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute of the match. Cheng Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 78th minute of the match. Cheng Qiang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. 88 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of team pollen's Cheng Qiang. Cheng Qiang was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.