Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrick Neiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Tiaguinho da Cunha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save Xapetuba Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 6th minute. Joel Gaona received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tiaguinho da Cunha came out and tried to block the shot, but Joel Gaona slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Tiaguinho da Cunha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Xapetuba Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 17th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tiaguinho da Cunha could save by the left post. Tiaguinho da Cunha 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 21st minute. 30 minutes in the game, Joel Gaona fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Tiaguinho da Cunha having to interfere. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Tiaguinho da Cunha made a huge save. If Victor Tróia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Claudinho Duarte hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Joel Gaona took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tiaguinho da Cunha to make any attempt to save it. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Tiaguinho da Cunha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Soares, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Tiaguinho da Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 51st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 52nd minute of play forced Xapetuba Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Tiaguinho da Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tiaguinho da Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 53rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Patrick Neiva got a free kick in the 54th minute. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiaguinho da Cunha having to interfere. Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Tiaguinho da Cunha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 59th minute of play. Jacinto Paraíbas short, quick shot in the 60thth minute got Dante Lacasa to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tiaguinho da Cunha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Xapetuba Futebol Clube defense, Alberto Tafalla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tiaguinho da Cunha. The Xapetuba Futebol Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tiaguinho da Cunha should have stopped the shot. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 82nd minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Tiaguinho da Cunha. Xapetuba Futebol Clube's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. After having played for 88 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 91 played minutes Xapetuba Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Claudinho Duarte. After 92 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Xapetuba Futebol Clube! After a defensive mix-up in Xapetuba Futebol Clube's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tiaguinho da Cunha 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. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.