Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lukasz Rukszcz kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Macos Graciani to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Squadra de Pippe getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Boruc Gongolewicz hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Fan Xi Hong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Fan Xi Hong made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fan Xi Hong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 22 minutes into the game, Lukasz Rukszcz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Fan Xi Hong didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 29th minute, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Fan Xi Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 38th minute of play forced Squadra de Pippe's goalkeeper Fan Xi Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fan Xi Hong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Filippo Gigli shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukasz Rukszcz in the 44th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. Squadra de Pippe's Fan Xi Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 57th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Fan Xi Hong. Squadra de Pippe's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Squadra de Pippe's Filippo Massa was substituted for Lukasz Rukszcz. Filippo Massa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. After 71 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fan Xi Hong was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 77th minute, Filippo Massa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. Filippo Massa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francesco Andreoli was slow to take the kick. During this time Squadra de Pippe's players had a chance to rest. Squadra de Pippe's Filippo Massa was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dante Lacasa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Filippo Massa did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 4-4 to the left of a surprised Dante Lacasa 84 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filippo Massa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 89th minute after Squadra de Pippe's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. In the 91st minute, Luca Zorita 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 91st match minute, Squadra de Pippe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emilio Porta to maneuver through the defense. Fan Xi Hong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.