Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emilio Rizzo kicked off to start the match. Emiliano Polito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 2nd minute. Emiliano Polito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of the match. Joel Gaona succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 10th playminute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Corrado Contestabile in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Alberigo Addari came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Presutti to maneuver through the defense. Mexico's Joel Gaona shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 18th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Emiliano Polito but with some difficulty. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Polito having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Corrado Contestabile, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Emiliano Polito made a huge save. In the 26th minute, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Emiliano Polito. Emiliano Polito yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 37th minute, Alberto Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th match minute, Duri come il marmo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ludvig Rudkvist to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Emiliano Polito in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Duri come il marmo'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 Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Emiliano Polito quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Duri come il marmo getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Fabrizio Di Gaetano hit a great ball. Duri come il marmo:s Emiliano Polito showed great skill when he stopped Joel Gaona:s penalty. Joel Gaona scored 3-0 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emiliano Polito, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emiliano Polito having to interfere. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 60th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Duri come il marmo. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 63rd minute of play. Mary Cau kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Duri come il marmo's Emiliano Polito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 68th minute of play. Flavio Lattanzio hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Emiliano Polito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After 83 minutes Duri come il marmo'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. Luca Zorita was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The crowd rose to their feet as Alberigo Addari kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dante Lacasa. That made the score 3-1 in the 87 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 91st minute of play forced Duri come il marmo's goalkeeper Emiliano Polito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute Alberigo Addari 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. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Carter Romanese sent off a good shot on target. Mexico's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.