Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Behram Kayraalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dariusz Nakoneczny, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Dariusz Nakoneczny's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Asım-Ekrem Yaman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asım-Ekrem Yaman in the 12th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebo took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Besim Özarı. Besim Özarı dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Dariusz Nakoneczny 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. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, Sadikköy SK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Behram Kayraalp to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Sadikköy SK getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. İslam Özoğuz hit a great ball. Besim Özarı showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 28th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Lautaro Mancebo could shoot a difficult shot in the 29th minute, which Besim Özarı however easily saved by the left post. Besim Özarı 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 31st minute. Through an outstanding action, after 32 minutes, Besim Özarı successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sadikköy SK'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. Besim Özarı didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Asım-Ekrem Yaman in the 42nd minute of the match. Mexico's Luca Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Besim Özarı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Dariusz Nakoneczny made the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Asım-Ekrem Yaman sent off a good shot on target. In the 60th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Besim Özarı saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Besim Özarı tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Besim Özarı made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 71st minute of play. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dariusz Nakoneczny received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Dariusz Nakoneczny came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mexico's Joel Gaona in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sadikköy SK's goalie prevented a goal. After 80 minutes, Joel Gaona made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Sadikköy SK's Besim Özarı tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Lucrețiu Dabija hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Sadikköy SK's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Besim Özarı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Besim Özarı tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Mexico 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asım-Ekrem Yaman in the 92nd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Felix Luque hit a great ball. After having played for 94 minutes, Lucrețiu Dabija managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sadikköy SK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucrețiu Dabija was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.