Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Amedeo Moriggi kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Eurospeed Asti's Damiano Battisti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 5th minute of play. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 8th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Battisti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute, Luca Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Damiano Battisti was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Damiano Battisti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute Fausto Pinti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Gaona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Damiano Battisti read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fausto Pinti went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 26 minutes into the match, Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Damiano Battisti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. In the 27th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Battisti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Grant Irø got a free kick in the 28th minute. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Damiano Battisti made a huge save. After 34 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damiano Battisti was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 37th minute Elia Pietrantoni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Damiano Battisti in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Damiano Battisti was a little too slow when Alberto Tafalla got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 3-1. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto Pinti in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Battisti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elia Pietrantoni stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Damiano Battisti 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 52nd minute. Elia Pietrantoni could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Alberto Tafalla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Damiano Battisti made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 68th minute of play forced Eurospeed Asti's goalkeeper Damiano Battisti to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Grant Irø came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the Eurospeed Asti 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 Grant Irø couldn't finish the play. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Damiano Battisti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 77th minute of the match. Mexico's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fausto Pinti 82 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-2. Eurospeed Asti's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.