Challenge

Portugália Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Thiago Senna started the match with the kick off. In the 9th match minute, CA Portugália was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernandinho Barral to maneuver through the defense. Rogério Soberano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 10th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, CA Portugália's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Rogério Soberano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CA Portugália's Rogério Soberano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Soberano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Facundo Cadaval took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rogério Soberano. Rogério Soberano dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Thiago Senna sent off a good shot on target. In the 26th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Soberano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rogério Soberano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 26th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Thiago Senna dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa, 1-1. Rogério Soberano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 34th minute of the match. In the 35th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Soberano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CA Portugália's Rogério Soberano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 37th minute of play. Joel Gaona kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Felix Luque made in the 47th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lautaro Mancebo.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Rogério Soberano made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Thiago Senna in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. The supporters of CA Portugália booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Facundo Cadaval didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Soberano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by CA Portugália's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. The free kick resulted in a very good chance to score when Luca Rouco kicked a really tricky shot on goal. Rogério Soberano never had to step in, however, because the ball went just left of the goal. After 64 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rogério Soberano was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 66th minute, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rogério Soberano. Rogério Soberano yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Barry Gunn hit a great ball. Rogério Soberano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 74th minute. Rogério Soberano was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Facundo Cadaval capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Facundo Cadaval really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. With a little luck, CA Portugália's Rogério Soberano got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 89th minute Barry Gunn 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 90th minute of play forced CA Portugália's goalkeeper Rogério Soberano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barry Gunn in the 92nd minute of play. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Mexico played a much better game than CA Portugália and deserved their victory. The CA Portugália players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.