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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Nils-Åke Andreasson 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 3rd minute. Nils-Åke Andreasson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lautaro Mancebo's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. After having played for 11 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Solera, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Nils-Åke Andreasson 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 15th minute. Andrés Iniesta hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. 29 minutes into the game, Luca Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Nils-Åke Andreasson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 32 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nils-Åke Andreasson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lesardo Alavedra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Nils-Åke Andreasson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lesardo Alavedra stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Deportivo Alavés getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Generoso Estrada hit a great ball. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 56th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Nils-Åke Andreasson could save by the left post. In the 61st minute, Leonardo Leoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Deportivo Alavés's Xiao Mendez was substituted for Generoso Estrada. 63 minutes into the match, Lesardo Alavedra notched a goal, 1-2, 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. Nils-Åke Andreasson 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 70th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lesardo Alavedra in the 71st minute of play. Sergi Gómez hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Nils-Åke Andreasson didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Mexico's Alberto Tafalla shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Deportivo Alavés's Nils-Åke Andreasson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 78th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lesardo Alavedra in the 80th minute of the match. After 81 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Andrés Iniesta who took care of the corner kick. Nils-Åke Andreasson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 85th minute of the match. When Lesardo Alavedra got free in front of the goal in the 88th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Dante Lacasa was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Deportivo Alavés made a substitution. Plauto Bouzon replaced Sergi Gómez. In the 95th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense.