Challenge

Estadio Monumental
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olle Melander in the 4th minute. Ali Vedat Çelikyay came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Ali Vedat Çelikyay 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 17th minute. Zeng Ting Xing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Zeng Ting Xing's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dante Lacasa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Meruendano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 23rd minute Santiago Meruendano 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. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In the 34th minute, Alberto Tafalla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Sanchez Mendecute hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Ali Vedat Çelikyay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Perez Candana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Perez Candana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 56 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Meruendano came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ali Vedat Çelikyay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 57th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Meruendano in the 60th minute of play. In the 69th minute, Alberto Tafalla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After 71 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olle Melander in the 73rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeng Ting Xing in the 76th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Ali Vedat Çelikyay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 82nd minute of play. 82 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Ali Vedat Çelikyay. Ali Vedat Çelikyay was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pan Zheng Li, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ali Vedat Çelikyay having to interfere. In the 92ndth minute of the game Zeng Ting Xing who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Ali Vedat Çelikyay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.