Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Horacio Silvino notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 12 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Horacio Silvino came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luca Zorita got free with Karol Kluczyk in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 17 minutes into the match, Horacio Silvino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Horacio Silvino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by La Mazorca's Horacio Silvino. But to his dismay, Horacio Silvino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Karol Kluczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 36th minute of play. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great ball. Mårten Svartengren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 43 minutes into the match, La Mazorca's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Karol Kluczyk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Mazorca were furious when Ambrosio Leguizamón was red carded, 48 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 48th match minute, La Mazorca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ambrosio Leguizamón to maneuver through the defense. Karol Kluczyk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Horacio Silvino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alberto Tafalla scored 2-3 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Karol Kluczyk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 65 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karol Kluczyk was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Horacio Silvino took a quick shot and it went in 3-4 without a chance for Dante Lacasa to make any attempt to save it. La Mazorca's Karol Kluczyk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 73rd minute of play. Horacio Silvino might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Horacio Silvino ran back to his position shaking his head. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horacio Silvino in the 76th minute of play. In the 80th minute, Benedicto Afonso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raul Tristan kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Karol Kluczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 87th minute of play. Karol Kluczyk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 94th minute of the match. Karol Kluczyk 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 Mexico manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing La Mazorca to win.