Challenge

Arena Dchamps
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Nestor Quirino didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Nestor Quirino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 7th minute of play forced América-SC F.C.'s goalkeeper Nestor Quirino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nestor Quirino was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Gabi Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabi Gol's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Nestor Quirino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute of the match. Nestor Quirino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabi Gol in the 22nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, América-SC F.C.'s Walmyr de Alcântara got a free kick in the 24th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 29 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 30 minutes into the match, América-SC F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Nestor Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to América-SC F.C. getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Walmyr de Alcântara hit a great ball. Gabi Gol succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 37th playminute. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nestor Quirino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. In the 48th minute Kobe Haaland 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.

The wind increased when Gabi Gol made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elder Domingues in the 54th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabi Gol's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Facundo Cadaval received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nestor Quirino came out and tried to block the shot, but Facundo Cadaval slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 56th minute. After 60 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erasmo dos Santos, 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 Erasmo dos Santos, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Erasmo dos Santos made a precise shot to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. After 77 played minutes América-SC F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Erasmo dos Santos. 78 minutes into the match, América-SC F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Nestor Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nestor Quirino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute Elder Domingues 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. 88 minutes into the match, América-SC F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Nestor Quirino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Joel Gaona took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Nestor Quirino to make any attempt to save it. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mexico walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.