Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ali Nejat Özsungur took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 2nd minute of play. In the 5th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheng Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, team pollen's Cheng Qiang got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. 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 10th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nacho Zafirov in the 11th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa 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 16th minute of play. Cheng Qiang made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. After 19 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Cazalla. In the 21st minute Anselmo Jaen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. team pollen's Cheng Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of play. 25 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 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. team pollen's Cheng Qiang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save team pollen from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Nejat Özsungur, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, team pollen's Trym Jønsson got a free kick in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cheng Qiang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

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. In the 52nd minute, Anselmo Jaen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cheng Qiang came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Luca Zorita. But to his dismay, Luca Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. İlyas Orgun kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Cheng Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 61st minute of the match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Jaen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafa Figueiredo was slow to take the kick. During this time team pollen's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Dennis Stokkeland got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cheng Qiang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fredrik Aalvik got free with Dante Lacasa in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72ndth minute of the game Facundo Cadaval who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but team pollen's Cheng Qiang was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cheng Qiang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 75th minute of play. Fredrik Aalvik'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. Fredrik Aalvik helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Mexico booed when team pollen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fredrik Aalvik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cheng Qiang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Simen Figenschou got free with Dante Lacasa in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. After 88 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cheng Qiang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lautaro Mancebo's late challenge caught a team pollen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lautaro Mancebo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 94th minute. 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.