Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, 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. Dragomir Marchovski 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 5th minute. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Balc in the 10th minute of the match. Macos Graciani got a throw-in 11 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joel Gaona. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragomir Marchovski having to interfere. When Pavel Balc came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Stone City 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 Pavel Balc couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joel Gaona in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dragomir Marchovski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Mexico booed when Stone City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mai Yi Xu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luca Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dragomir Marchovski came out and tried to block the shot, but Luca Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 30th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Derek Yu in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mexico's Macos Graciani. Dragomir Marchovski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pavel Balc was the one to do the kick off. Pavel Balc could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Mexico's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Pavel Balc 62 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Dragomir Marchovski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A throw-in in the 71st minute of the game was made by Macos Graciani with Joel Gaona as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Macos Graciani hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 77th minute of play forced Stone City's goalkeeper Dragomir Marchovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Facundo Cadaval fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dragomir Marchovski having to interfere. Ulises Curcio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. When the referee ended the match the Mexico players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.