Challenge

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Klim Lukin 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. When Andrey Makhovikov fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FK Amur's protests and gave Andrey Makhovikov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 8th match minute, FK Amur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrey Makhovikov to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Mancebo took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Dyachkov. Bogdan Dyachkov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Bogdan Dyachkov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Konstantin Lukyanovich went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Lautaro Mancebo scored 1-2 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bogdan Dyachkov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 29th minute. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Konstantin Lukyanovich got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Maksim Ivaschenko made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Mexico's Luca Rouco. The supporters of FK Amur booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Luque didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Danila Skvirskiy was slow to take the kick. During this time FK Amur's players had a chance to rest. After the first half Mexico were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Konstantin Lukyanovich to strike the kick off in the second half. After 60 played minutes FK Amur got a freekick which was hit by Pavel Tihonovich. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Bogdan Dyachkov threw himself towards the right post 61 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Bogdan Dyachkov in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danila Skvirskiy in the 65th minute of play. Bogdan Dyachkov made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 72nd 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 FK Amur getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Andrey Makhovikov hit a great ball. A collision led to FK Amur getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Andrey Makhovikov hit a great ball. Alberto Tafalla's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Bogdan Dyachkov firmly grabbed it by the left post. Luca Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bogdan Dyachkov having to interfere. After 85 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bogdan Dyachkov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Andrey Makhovikov was shown his second yellow card after 93 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.