Challenge

Znicz Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 4 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Felix Luque. After 9 played minutes MLKS Znicz Biała Piska got a freekick which was hit by Radomil Koczara. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Szymon Moczkiewicz managed to get in a good position for a shot. MLKS Znicz Biała Piska's supporters rose to their feet, but Szymon Moczkiewicz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Walery Drebit showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 17th minute of the match. Walery Drebit didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Facundo Cadaval went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 23 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Szymon Moczkiewicz came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Szymon Moczkiewicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in MLKS Znicz Biała Piska's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Walery Drebit came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Dolfo, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. When Szymon Moczkiewicz came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the MLKS Znicz Biała Piska fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Szymon Moczkiewicz couldn't finish the play. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Walery Drebit having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dmitriy Senin in the 43rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Szymon Moczkiewicz 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. After a defensive mix-up in MLKS Znicz Biała Piska's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Walery Drebit came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Szymon Moczkiewicz to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Szymon Moczkiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jesus Dolfo, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. It was a well-played corner which Facundo Cadaval managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After 59 minutes, Facundo Cadaval mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mexico and the MLKS Znicz Biała Piska players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 59 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Facundo Cadaval. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szymon Moczkiewicz in the 65th minute of the match. Walery Drebit made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 66th minute. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Walery Drebit tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. MLKS Znicz Biała Piska made a substitution. Szymon Gdowski replaced Michal Zyskowski. The supporters of Mexico booed when MLKS Znicz Biała Piska was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Svetomir Kostić didn't get a good kick on the ball. MLKS Znicz Biała Piska's Walery Drebit proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save MLKS Znicz Biała Piska from getting a goal against them. 79 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Mexico's Joel Gaona fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szymon Moczkiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of MLKS Znicz Biała Piska's Walery Drebit. Walery Drebit was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Walery Drebit tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.