Challenge

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Maksim Ivaschenko took the kick off in the first half of the match. FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 8th minute of play. Bogdan Dyachkov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 9th minute of play. Gennadiy Grishin hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Bogdan Dyachkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 30 minutes FK Amur's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Bogdan Dyachkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of the match. Maksim Ivaschenko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute, FK Amur's Maksim Ivaschenko ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 57th minute, Mexico's Joel Gaona ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Bogdan Dyachkov. Bogdan Dyachkov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save FK Amur from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute Maksim Ivaschenko 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. With a little luck, FK Amur's Bogdan Dyachkov got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 77 played minutes FK Amur got a freekick which was hit by Klim Lukin. 79 minutes into the match, FK Amur's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Bogdan Dyachkov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bogdan Dyachkov was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Through an outstanding action, after 85 minutes, Bogdan Dyachkov successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bogdan Dyachkov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Ivaschenko in the 90th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Dyachkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FK Amur.