Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joel Gaona in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eleuterio Urbez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Eleuterio Urbez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 9th minute of play. In the 18th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eleuterio Urbez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martin Palermo in the 20th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Palermo, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Lautaro Mancebo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Eleuterio Urbez firmly grabbed it by the left post. A collision led to T€Tra brick FC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Niculae Nicodim hit a great ball. In the 31st minute, Dorel Pârlea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eleuterio Urbez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 34th minute.

After 55 played minutes T€Tra brick FC got a freekick which was hit by Niculae Nicodim. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Luís Fábio Cunha sent off a good shot on target. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by T€Tra brick FC'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. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eleuterio Urbez was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. In the 65th 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. Jonas Marcos kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. T€Tra brick FC made a substitution. Isaac Frasquito replaced Henric Monta. T€Tra brick FC's Martín Cardetti was substituted for Luís Fábio Cunha. Jonas Marcos hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. It was beautiful to see Mexico's Leonardo Leoz in action when he in the 68th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 80th minute of play forced T€Tra brick FC's goalkeeper Eleuterio Urbez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. T€Tra brick FC's Eleuterio Urbez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 87th minute of play forced T€Tra brick FC's goalkeeper Eleuterio Urbez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 88 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Facundo Cadaval. Martin Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Martín Cardetti came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the T€Tra brick FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Martín Cardetti couldn't finish the play. Mexico were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.