Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo suffered a fractured collar bone after 2 minutes and couldn't finish the game. When Albert Guriță fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s protests and gave Albert Guriță a yellow card for diving instead. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. Valer Nuțu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luca Zorita's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Valer Nuțu was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Facundo Cadaval showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. If Leontin Matei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valer Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 20th minute of the match. Valer Nuțu 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 minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Valer Nuțu. The goal made the score 2-0. 29 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Valer Nuțu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valer Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valer Nuțu made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. Bautista Elvira took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valer Nuțu. Valer Nuțu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0.

The wind increased when Petre Benga made the kick off in the second half. Valer Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valer Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valer Nuțu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 53rd minute of the match. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Valer Nuțu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute of play. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s attentive Maxim Strugure managed to snatch the ball when Bautista Elvira made a throw-in in the 57th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Petre Benga sent off a good shot on target. 60 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Valer Nuțu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Albert Guriță hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Valer Nuțu 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 63rd minute. Valer Nuțu 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 65th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 66th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Valer Nuțu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valer Nuțu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bautista Elvira kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Valer Nuțu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 71st minute of play. Valer Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 75th minute of play forced Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goalkeeper Valer Nuțu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valer Nuțu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st 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: 4-0. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s Valer Nuțu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 85th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Valer Nuțu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valer Nuțu. Phoenix Baia-Mare -MM-'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Valer Nuțu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bautista Elvira in the 93rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Bautista Elvira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Bautista Elvira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Valer Nuțu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Valer Nuțu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Mexico fully deserved thier win.