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. Borja Camerin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Kajetan Smolarek 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 6th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Borja Camerin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Isaltino Carneiro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zula Harendarski in the 14th minute of play. Isaltino Carneiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. barcelona de guayaquil's Marcelo Alamea got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lautaro Mancebo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 21st playminute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 26th minute of play forced barcelona de guayaquil's goalkeeper Kajetan Smolarek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Borja Camerin in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. In the 32nd minute, Marcelo Alamea 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. barcelona de guayaquil's Kajetan Smolarek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 38th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcelo Alamea in the 40th minute of the match. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Kajetan Smolarek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zula Harendarski in the 47th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Isaltino Carneiro was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute of the match, Isaltino Carneiro tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 55th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kajetan Smolarek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Borja Camerin in the 69th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 69 minutes, Isaltino Carneiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. barcelona de guayaquil's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isaltino Carneiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. barcelona de guayaquil made a substitution. Rocio Tejedor replaced Nicolas Cerdeiras. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Kajetan Smolarek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to barcelona de guayaquil getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Victor Streich hit a great ball. Marcelo Alamea hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. barcelona de guayaquil's Kajetan Smolarek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 80th minute of play. Kajetan Smolarek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th play minute Bran Vergas came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Dante Lacasa. 2-1. 90 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Zula Harendarski came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.