Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute Ridouane Palermo 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. Asmund Marchorst 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 8th minute. Prospero Orlan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Mexico's Alberto Tafalla in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Muten's goalie prevented a goal. A nice corner shot did that Luca Rouco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Asmund Marchorst quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 15th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Muten's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Mexico's Lorenzo Cazalla getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Asmund Marchorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 19th minute of the match. Muten's Asmund Marchorst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 21st minute of play. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Ridouane Palermo came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Prospero Orlan in the 36th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Muten's Asmund Marchorst proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Muten from getting a goal against them. Asmund Marchorst made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. After 45 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carmelo Rodas who took care of the corner kick. Muten's Carmelo Rodas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dante Lacasa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Prospero Orlan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ridouane Palermo to make the kick off. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 55th minute of play forced Muten's goalkeeper Asmund Marchorst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Asmund Marchorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 57th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Asmund Marchorst was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. A collision led to Muten getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Igor Winszman hit a great ball. 64 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Asmund Marchorst. Muten's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Asmund Marchorst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 67th minute of the match. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after Muten's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Asmund Marchorst in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Asmund Marchorst 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 71st minute. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Asmund Marchorst. Asmund Marchorst dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Asmund Marchorst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Asmund Marchorst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 80 minutes into the match, Muten's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Asmund Marchorst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Asmund Marchorst breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mexico's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.