Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lorenzo Cazalla's late challenge caught a 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lorenzo Cazalla helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 7th minute of the game. One of Mexico:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 『挑战者』Wolf Totem:s goal. In the 8th minute, 白剑竞 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 0-1. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but 叶扬晨 firmly grabbed it by the left post. 13 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but 叶扬晨 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 14th minute. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 叶扬晨 quite easily take care of the ball. 叶扬晨 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 17th minute. In the 19th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 叶扬晨 was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Lautaro Mancebo in the 22ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of 叶扬晨, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo 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. In the 28th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 叶扬晨 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 叶扬晨 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 叶扬晨 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alberto Tafalla's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over 叶扬晨. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's 叶扬晨 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save 『挑战者』Wolf Totem from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maximiano Molina in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dante Lacasa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to 『挑战者』Wolf Totem getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Maximiano Molina hit a great ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 白剑竞 was the one to do the kick off. Maximiano Molina recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Metodi Deyanov kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 叶扬晨 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 63rd minute. In the 65th minute, 钱震俊 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem made a substitution. 倪阳政 replaced 白剑竞. 钱震俊 kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but 叶扬晨 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Mexico booed when 『挑战者』Wolf Totem was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. 钱震俊 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 叶扬晨 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Alberto Tafalla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 倪阳政 in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th match minute, 『挑战者』Wolf Totem was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 巩誉雄 to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 叶扬晨 was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. In the 91st minute Maximiano Molina suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 91 minutes, Luca Rouco mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the 『挑战者』Wolf Totem players grew even worse after the yellow card. 『挑战者』Wolf Totem's 姚昆远 was substituted for Maximiano Molina. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 钱震俊 in the 93rd minute of play. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.