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 Epifanio Harkaitz got the match started through his kick off. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Danisiewicz in the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arnaldo Santxol was slow to take the kick. During this time LEBRON's players had a chance to rest. LEBRON's Arnaldo Santxol was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dante Lacasa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 6th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yin Chuan Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. LEBRON's Yin Chuan Feng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 9th minute of play. Arnaldo Santxol made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. 13 minutes into the match, LEBRON's goalkeeper Yin Chuan Feng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Danisiewicz in the 15th minute of play. Yin Chuan Feng 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 17th minute. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcin Danisiewicz in the 21st minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Danisiewicz came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Danisiewicz in the 32nd minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcin Danisiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 41st minute, Mexico's Luca Zorita dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute, Luo Qing Xi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute, Lautaro Mancebo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, LEBRON's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Yin Chuan Feng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yin Chuan Feng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yin Chuan Feng 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 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 63rd minute of play forced LEBRON's goalkeeper Yin Chuan Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marcin Danisiewicz went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. LEBRON made a substitution. Ciro Berart replaced Jörn Scharff. LEBRON made a substitution. Ariel Lopez replaced Epifanio Harkaitz. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Lopez in the 77th minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Ariel Lopez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. Yin Chuan Feng 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 82nd minute. Omar Beat charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Omar Beat the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Marcin Danisiewicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Yin Chuan Feng 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 88th minute. LEBRON's Yin Chuan Feng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 90th minute of play. Ariel Lopez in the 94thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dante Lacasa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Despite being the better team, Mexico failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.