Challenge

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Herb Good came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Herb Good showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Joel Gaona hit a great ball. In the 25th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. Jean Britton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Herb Good showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 29th minute of the match. Facundo Cadaval scored 0-2 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Herb Good, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Herb Good showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Herb Good showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 44 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Herb Good was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 46th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Collin Grimm to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herb Good saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Mexico were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jean Britton to strike the kick off in the second half. After 58 minutes Sport Lisboa e Benfica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Herb Good made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Facundo Cadaval sent off a good shot on target. 64 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Herb Good reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Herb Good made a huge save. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean Britton in the 70th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Herb Good made a huge save. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great ball. After 77 minutes of play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jean Britton made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Garland Noël hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 80th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rainier Steiner to maneuver through the defense. Herb Good showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 85th minute of the match. 88 minutes in the game Leonardo Leoz did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Alberto Tafalla. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 89th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Herb Good to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Herb Good reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting a goal against them. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Sport Lisboa e Benfica.