Challenge

AZADİ ARENA
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Albi Martínez got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, City Friseur Wuppertal's Albi Martínez ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 6 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Xu Yi Lei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 9th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind City Friseur Wuppertal's goalkeeper Xu Yi Lei, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Albi Martínez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avram Stegaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in City Friseur Wuppertal's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Xu Yi Lei came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Albi Martínez 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. Tarkan Ushan charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tarkan Ushan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. City Friseur Wuppertal'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. 29 minutes into the game, Waldemar Ryback cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Joel Gaona took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xu Yi Lei. Xu Yi Lei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mehmet Oğuz Bayramoğlu, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After 38 played minutes City Friseur Wuppertal got a freekick which was hit by Hüseyin Rahmi Uçanok. Xu Yi Lei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Facundo Cadaval kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

City Friseur Wuppertal made a substitution. Edwin Vestlund replaced Tarkan Ushan. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albi Martínez in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute Albi Martínez 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. In the 54thth minute of the game Albi Martínez 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. When the match clock showed 54 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Albi Martínez sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. In the 57thth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but City Friseur Wuppertal's Xu Yi Lei was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Xu Yi Lei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 60th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. City Friseur Wuppertal's Cem Yılğıralp was substituted for Mehmet Oğuz Bayramoğlu. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waldemar Ryback, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 68 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Waldemar Ryback came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin Vestlund in the 73rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nebi Tokyürek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 played minutes, Mexico's Joel Gaona shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Xu Yi Lei came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mexico reached it. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Xu Yi Lei, 4-3. Nuratay Ergüner hit a great freekick 93 minutes into 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. When the referee blew the final whistle, City Friseur Wuppertal could leave the field as winners, despite Mexico having more of the ball for most of the match.