Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gottlieb Hammer kicked off to start the match. In the 11th minute, Gottlieb Hammer made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Balus Treter from getting a goal against them. Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, Balus Treter's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Karsten Zielinski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27thth minute of the game Gottlieb Hammer 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. The audience was convinced that Gottlieb Hammer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. If Gottlieb Hammer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Karsten Zielinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 38th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Balus Treter's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Karsten Zielinski 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Karsten Zielinski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Karsten Zielinski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 65th minute of the match. Gottlieb Hammer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Gottlieb Hammer 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. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Leonardo Leoz got a free kick in the 70th minute. Gottlieb Hammer might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gottlieb Hammer ran back to his position shaking his head. After 77 minutes of play Mexico's Leonardo Leoz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 77th minute, Leonardo Leoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karsten Zielinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 92nd 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. Karsten Zielinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Balus Treter players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Mexico from taking control. The game ends in a draw.