Challenge

El bosque
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Amado Sindo made the kick off and thus started the match. Tiran Piedra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiran Piedra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Gimnasia LP's Ruperto Gentza managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Leonardo Leoz in the 16 minute of the game. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Tiran Piedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gimnasia LP's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Melquiades Hondo in the 28th minute. The corner ended in Melquiades Hondo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. After 31 minutes Gimnasia LP's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. At last the ball reached Lautaro Mancebo at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Gimnasia LP. 1-1. After having played for 34 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Tiran Piedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tiran Piedra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Benvide Ponte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Tiran Piedra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benvide Ponte in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75th minute, Alberto Tafalla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gimnasia LP's Tiran Piedra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpected shot in the 85th minute by Joel Gaona got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ruperto Gentza kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Tiran Piedra made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Tiran Piedra in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Benvide Ponte fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Despite being the better team, Mexico failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.