Challenge

Florida Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of play forced Florida United's goalkeeper Gabriel Ibar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 5 minutes into the game, when Lorenzo Cazalla put in a rough tackle. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Mexico! When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, Florida United's Ruperto Amato got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Dante Lacasa. Gabriel Ibar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Gabriel Ibar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute Natalio Heriberto 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. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natalio Heriberto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Ibar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nuralp Eracar to strike the kick off in the second half. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Bållström, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nuralp Eracar in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nuralp Eracar in the 75th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nuralp Eracar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Bållström in the 83rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. The supporters of Florida United booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Gaona didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruperto Amato in the 88th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Nuralp Eracar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Florida United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. When the referee blew the final whistle, Florida United could leave the field as winners, despite Mexico having more of the ball for most of the match.