Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luchito Toni got the match started through his kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Arturo Balendin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Rouco got a free kick in the 9th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Luchito Toni stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Luchito Toni tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jerardo Bueno in the 13th minute of the match. Arturo Balendin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of play. When Mexico's Alberto Tafalla in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nueva Chicago's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sun Han in the 19th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Balendin came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 31 minutes into the match, Hector Duardo notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 34 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arturo Balendin was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 36th minute of play forced Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Arturo Balendin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 44th 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. In the 45th minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Nueva Chicago's Arturo Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 51st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 54th minute of play forced Nueva Chicago's goalkeeper Arturo Balendin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arturo Balendin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hector Duardo. Nueva Chicago's Arturo Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 64th minute of play. In the 64th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Arturo Balendin. Nueva Chicago's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hector Duardo in the 70th minute of play. Arturo Balendin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 78th minute of the match. Arturo Balendin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Nueva Chicago's Arturo Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 85th minute of play. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 87th minute, Lautaro Mancebo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Nueva Chicago getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Widodo 黄忠 hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Luchito Toni sent off a good shot on target. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Mexico fully deserved thier win.