Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thomas Winfield took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 12th minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Winfield, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Facundo Cadaval in the 30thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 35 minutes into the match, Carlisle United's goalkeeper Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 35th minute. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan made a huge save. In the 41st minute of the match Carlisle United got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 洪振义 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 43rd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 54th minute of the match. In the 56th match minute, Carlisle United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ricardinho Piazza to maneuver through the defense. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan 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 57th minute. In the 59th minute, 洪振义 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dante Lacasa. The goal made the score 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 62nd minute of play forced Carlisle United's goalkeeper Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 65th minute of play forced Carlisle United's goalkeeper Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Carlisle United defense, Alberto Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan. The Carlisle United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan should have stopped the shot. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan 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 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Carlisle United'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. When Joel Gaona got free in front of the goal in the 75th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After 78 minutes, Alberto Tafalla made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Carlisle United's Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 81st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Carlisle United's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Mehmet Hakkı Oğuzkan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luca Zorita kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. If Facundo Cadaval had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.