Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Gottlieb Hammer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Karsten Zielinski made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Karsten Zielinski made a huge save. In the 17th play minute Alberto Tafalla came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Karsten Zielinski. 1-0. In the 25th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karsten Zielinski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gottlieb Hammer in the 29th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gottlieb Hammer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Karsten Zielinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 38th minute of play. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after Balus Treter's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Gottlieb Hammer hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gottlieb Hammer to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Gottlieb Hammer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Gottlieb Hammer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Karsten Zielinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 70th minute of play forced Balus Treter's goalkeeper Karsten Zielinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Karsten Zielinski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Facundo Cadaval sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Mexico fans' excitement grew in the 86th match minute when Mexico's Alberto Tafalla looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Karsten Zielinski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 89th minute of the match. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.