Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gottlieb Hammer started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Balus Treter defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Karsten Zielinski. The Balus Treter fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Karsten Zielinski should have stopped the shot. Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Balus Treter from getting a goal against them. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gottlieb Hammer's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. In the 9th 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. Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 9th minute of play. Karsten Zielinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 11th minute of play. Karsten Zielinski 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 11th minute. Karsten Zielinski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 14th minute of the match. The throw-in from Neşat Beykan in the 15th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Mexico's Leonardo Leoz. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Karsten Zielinski in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th 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. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gottlieb Hammer, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gottlieb Hammer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Balus Treter's Gottlieb Hammer in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. In the 29th minute, Mexico's Joel Gaona dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. In the 32nd 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, 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 36th 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 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 42nd minute of the match. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Balus Treter's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Rouco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Karsten Zielinski quite easily take care of the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Balus Treter's goalkeeper Karsten Zielinski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. Elivélton Tavares kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 57th minute Lautaro Mancebo 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. 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 58th minute of play. After 58 played minutes Balus Treter got a freekick which was hit by Vilhelm Trulsson. Karsten Zielinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 60th minute of play. Karsten Zielinski 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 61st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonardo Leoz during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 69th minute of play. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Karsten Zielinski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Lautaro Mancebo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Karsten Zielinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 85th minute of play. Gottlieb Hammer who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Dante Lacasa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 89th minute, Vilhelm Trulsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91stth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Balus Treter's Karsten Zielinski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.