Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ľubomír Smatana started the match with the kick off. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavol Rybnický, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. UFC Pivnica's Ladislav Lomnický played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 7th minute of play. In the 9th minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ladislav Lomnický saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 minutes, Maroš Baránek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the UFC Pivnica and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th match minute, UFC Pivnica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maroš Baránek to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, UFC Pivnica's Ladislav Lomnický got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Kasarda in the 15th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Ladislav Lomnický was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ladislav Lomnický made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Ladislav Lomnický threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Záruba in the 31st minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Záruba came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jozef Hecl charged in rather forcefully in the 33rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jozef Hecl the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 33rd match minute, UFC Pivnica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jozef Hecl to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, UFC Pivnica's Ladislav Lomnický got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stanislav Záruba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 44 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ľubomír Smatana, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stanislav Záruba got free with Dante Lacasa in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 54 minutes into the match, UFC Pivnica's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Ladislav Lomnický reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mexico's Luca Zorita in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye UFC Pivnica's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Alberto Tafalla put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Ladislav Lomnický. 62 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stanislav Záruba. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Ladislav Lomnický didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 74th minute of play forced UFC Pivnica's goalkeeper Ladislav Lomnický to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 82nd minute of the match Maroš Baránek completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Maroš Baránek a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 5-0 when Joel Gaona sped through UFC Pivnica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ladislav Lomnický. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 95 minutes of play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ladislav Lomnický was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Mexico had won after a very even match.