Challenge

Estadio del Pacífico
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Ferreros in the 9th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Ferreros in the 9th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the PACIFIC FC defense, Luca Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Carlos Casasola. The PACIFIC FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Carlos Casasola should have stopped the shot. Moises Villalcazar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. In the 15th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 19th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. PACIFIC FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to PACIFIC FC getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Francisco Ferreros hit a great ball. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodolfo Toraya was slow to take the kick. During this time PACIFIC FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Rodolfo Toraya almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. 26 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Ferreros came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Carlos Casasola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Carlos Casasola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 29th minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Mexico's Joel Gaona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlos Casasola narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Carlos Casasola didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luca Zorita went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Carlos Casasola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 40th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, PACIFIC FC's Dante Lacasa threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Xefe Azpeitia, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Moises Villalcazar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Carlos Casasola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carlos Casasola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The audience was convinced that Facundo Cadaval's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Carlos Casasola was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moises Villalcazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Carlos Casasola came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Luca Zorita. But to his dismay, Luca Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Villalcazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Francisco Ferreros, made in the 64th minute of the game. Anibal Serrano kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of PACIFIC FC's Carlos Casasola. Carlos Casasola was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Moises Villalcazar in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 71st minute of play forced PACIFIC FC's goalkeeper Carlos Casasola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute, Lorenzo Cazalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Casasola. PACIFIC FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. After 77 played minutes PACIFIC FC got a freekick which was hit by Moises Villalcazar. In the 79th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Casasola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute, Moises Villalcazar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Casasola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 83rd minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 85th playminute. Aguirre Grandoso charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aguirre Grandoso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th match minute, PACIFIC FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aguirre Grandoso to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Casasola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 96th minute of play. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.