Challenge

Platinum Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Konstantin Lukyanovich kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantin Lukyanovich came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 5th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantin Lukyanovich, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The supporters of Mexico booed when FK Amur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Klim Lukin didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Lukyanovich in the 9th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danila Skvirskiy got free with Dante Lacasa in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 14th minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, FK Amur's Danila Skvirskiy tried to score from far away in the 14th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Bogdan Dyachkov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 17th minute of the match. In the 19th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pavel Tihonovich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantin Lukyanovich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bogdan Dyachkov having to interfere. In the 43rd minute, Vladimir Basargin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 50th minute of play forced FK Amur's goalkeeper Bogdan Dyachkov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FK Amur's defense didn't have a chance, in the 58th minute, when Alberto Tafalla scored to the left of an out of position Bogdan Dyachkov, making the score, 0-1. Pavel Tihonovich charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavel Tihonovich the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Mexico booed when FK Amur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavel Tihonovich didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, FK Amur's Pavel Tihonovich got a free kick in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute, Gennadiy Grishin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bogdan Dyachkov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 65th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Joel Gaona. In the 67th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Dyachkov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Joel Gaona got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 74th minute Igor Romanchenko 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. In the 79th minute, Joel Gaona got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 87 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Romanchenko came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Alberto Tafalla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Bogdan Dyachkov. The goal made the score 0-2. Bogdan Dyachkov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 94th minute. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FK Amur throughout the match.