Challenge

金州体育场
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by 林辉延 in the 4th minute. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 7thth minute of the game Lautaro Mancebo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 林辉延 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Wang Yong during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, 中职联-大连实德's Wang Yong got a free kick in the 11th minute. After a defensive mix-up in 中职联-大连实德's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marciano Beturian came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 17 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian. Marciano Beturian was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joe Gibson in the 21st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 中职联-大连实德 getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. 方思城 hit a great ball. 27 minutes into the match, 林辉延 dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa, 1-1. After 35 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marciano Beturian was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marciano Beturian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 38th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Marciano Beturian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alberto Tafalla in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Beturian prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that 中职联-大连实德's Marciano Beturian managed to reach the ball for a save. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 崔鹏威 to make the kick off. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after 中职联-大连实德's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marciano Beturian quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marciano Beturian 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 collision led to 中职联-大连实德 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. 孔坤振 hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice moves Lautaro Mancebo could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Marciano Beturian however easily saved by the left post. In the 60th minute, Wang Yong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Joel Gaona reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marciano Beturian. The goal made the score 2-3. 中职联-大连实德's 程升西 was substituted for 林辉延. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 崔鹏威, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 74 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 汪俊光 who took care of the corner kick. In the 76th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marciano Beturian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marciano Beturian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 80th minute of play. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by 中职联-大连实德's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. A well done corner resulted in Alberto Tafalla drilling the ball in to score 2-4 behind 中职联-大连实德's goalkeeper. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 崔鹏威, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marciano Beturian made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 86th minute. After 90 minutes of play, 中职联-大连实德's 程升西 made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! 方思城 charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 方思城 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 94th match minute, 中职联-大连实德 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 方思城 to maneuver through the defense. Marciano Beturian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luca Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Mexico supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Mexico would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.