Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. 5 minutes into the game, Zühtü Atay cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zühtü Atay in the 9th minute of play. Macos Graciani hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Zühtü Atay kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Vihar Karadochev 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 26th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. After 27 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Mancebo. Vihar Karadochev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zühtü Atay in the 33rd minute of the match. Vihar Karadochev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 35th minute of play. Vihar Karadochev 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 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zühtü Atay in the 44th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the game, Leonardo Leoz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mexico's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★ the free kick. In the 45th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Leoz to maneuver through the defense. Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★'s Zühtü Atay got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zühtü Atay to make the kick off. Vihar Karadochev came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Facundo Cadaval. But to his dismay, Facundo Cadaval quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Vihar Karadochev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 57th minute of play. Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★'s Zühtü Atay got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 64th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihar Karadochev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vihar Karadochev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Rouco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vihar Karadochev quite easily take care of the ball. Vihar Karadochev 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 75th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Vihar Karadochev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 85 played minutes Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★ got a freekick which was hit by Zühtü Atay. 89 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zühtü Atay. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cleto Ikatz during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cleto Ikatz hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Cleto Ikatz hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Clemen Team AFC★C.A.B.J★ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.