Challenge

Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona made the kick off and thus started the match. Oswaldo Paraíba 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 4th minute. In the 7th minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Facundo Cadaval in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oswaldo Paraíba saved Atlético-PR from getting behind. After 7 minutes, Facundo Cadaval made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Atlético-PR's Oswaldo Paraíba tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 11 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Oswaldo Paraíba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Atlético-PR's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dráuzio Barral in the 14th minute. It was a well-played corner which Peng Chao Feng managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 17th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Dante Lacasa managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Atlético-PR's Perivaldo Sampaio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 23 minutes into the match, Atlético-PR's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Oswaldo Paraíba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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: 0-2. Oswaldo Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 29th minute of play. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 34th minute of play forced Atlético-PR's goalkeeper Oswaldo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oswaldo Paraíba was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. If Márcio Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oswaldo Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 40th minute of the match. Atlético-PR's Perivaldo Sampaio got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedrinho Hoffmann was the one to do the kick off. Atlético-PR's Oswaldo Paraíba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 51st minute of play. Mexico:s Dante Lacasa showed great skill when he stopped Dráuzio Barral:s penalty. Oswaldo Paraíba didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 56th minute, which inside left pole to 1-4. Atlético-PR made a substitution. Cacá Breckenfeld replaced Eugênio Azevedo. Atlético-PR made a substitution. Yang Ke Xun replaced Márcio Cruz. In the 65th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Oswaldo Paraíba came out and tried to block the shot, but Alberto Tafalla slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 66th minute. In the 68th match minute, Atlético-PR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Perivaldo Sampaio to maneuver through the defense. Atlético-PR's Oswaldo Paraíba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 69th minute of play. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Oswaldo Paraíba made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 77th minute of play forced Atlético-PR's goalkeeper Oswaldo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hong Jian Fan in the 80th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Hong Jian Fan came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 84th minute of play forced Atlético-PR's goalkeeper Oswaldo Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 85th minute. Macos Graciani made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that Atlético-PR's Oswaldo Paraíba managed to reach the ball for a save. 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 86th minute. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Oswaldo Paraíba quite easily take care of the ball. Oswaldo Paraíba made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute Hong Jian Fan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mexico played a much better game than Atlético-PR and deserved their victory. The Atlético-PR players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.