Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Joaquim Teves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Gernando Costa's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gernando Costa helped the player get up and apologised. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Enzo Morais in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 12 minutes into the match, ZEZOM TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Enzo Morais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avram Râznicu, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. When Luca Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Mexico 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 Luca Zorita couldn't finish the play. Enzo Morais showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Enzo Morais having to interfere. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Enzo Morais made a huge save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avram Râznicu in the 31st minute of the match. Avram Râznicu might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Avram Râznicu ran back to his position shaking his head. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avram Râznicu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 35th minute, Avram Râznicu made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avram Râznicu in the 42nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 43rd minute of play forced ZEZOM TEAM's goalkeeper Enzo Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Avram Râznicu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Avram Râznicu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joaquim Teves to make the kick off. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Enzo Morais showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 53rd minute of the match. 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 55th minute. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Joaquim Teves tried to sneak it across the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, ZEZOM TEAM's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Enzo Morais reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Macos Graciani made in the 64th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Luca Zorita however managed to control. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ZEZOM TEAM's Jiang Si Nan was substituted for Avram Râznicu. After having played for 82 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiang Si Nan in the 84th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Jiang Si Nan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. ZEZOM TEAM were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Armando Mascarenhas took the corner. After taking down the ball on ZEZOM TEAM's corner Armando Mascarenhas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Dante Lacasa quite easily take care of the ball.