Challenge

Estádio Laranjeiras
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Lautaro Mancebo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edwin van der Sar was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Through an outstanding action, after 12 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edwin van der Sar. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the União Sport Clube Paredes defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edwin van der Sar. The União Sport Clube Paredes fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edwin van der Sar should have stopped the shot. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, União Sport Clube Paredes's Jakub Szczepanowski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Lautaro Mancebo's late challenge caught a União Sport Clube Paredes'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. In the 20th minute, Lautaro Mancebo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. União Sport Clube Paredes's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 23rd minute of play. União Sport Clube Paredes's Edwin van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 26th minute of play. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 27th minute. In the 28th minute, Alexandre Santana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The União Sport Clube Paredes fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 33 minutes into the match, União Sport Clube Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In the 37th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexandre Santana got free with Dante Lacasa in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dabi Saens in the 42nd minute of play. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Gaxan came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 57 minutes into the match, União Sport Clube Paredes's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when União Sport Clube Paredes's Jerónimo Furtado shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 62 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Jakub Szczepanowski came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Mexico booed when União Sport Clube Paredes was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gaspar Ibon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Edwin van der Sar made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 70th minute of play forced União Sport Clube Paredes's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandre Santana in the 71st minute of play. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 73rd 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. In the 84th minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Edwin van der Sar saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandre Santana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.