Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ospin Sánchez took the kick off in the first half of the match. Roman Japola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 13 minutes into the match, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roman Japola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Wisła Kraków Old Boys's goalkeeper Roman Japola, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Fernández, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. When Wisła Kraków Old Boys's Ospin Sánchez in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Wisła Kraków Old Boys's Sylwester Turok got a free kick in the 27th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Wisła Kraków Old Boys's goalkeeper Roman Japola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joel Gaona. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ospin Sánchez, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ospin Sánchez in the 30th minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Karahan Bilkan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ospin Sánchez in the 38th minute of play. In the 42nd minute Karahan Bilkan 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. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 44th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. If Ospin Sánchez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ospin Sánchez, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ospin Sánchez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 62nd minute of play forced Wisła Kraków Old Boys's goalkeeper Roman Japola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wisła Kraków Old Boys's Roman Japola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 65th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roman Japola was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Joel Gaona hit a great ball. Ospin Sánchez's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dante Lacasa firmly grabbed it by the left post. 76 minutes into the match, Wisła Kraków Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Roman Japola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roman Japola was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Ospin Sánchez scored 2-2 in the 91st 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. Karol Modliszewski kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Joel Gaona, 94 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Despite being the better team, Mexico failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.