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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sungurhan Özdek 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. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aktuğ Çoğun in the 5th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Sungurhan Özdek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sungurhan Özdek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 8th minute of the match. In the 11th 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: 0-1. Sungurhan Özdek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 14th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Sungurhan Özdek didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind ADANA DEMİR SPOR's goalkeeper Sungurhan Özdek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Aktuğ Çoğun's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kol Atan in the 29th minute of the match. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aycan Koç was slow to take the kick. During this time ADANA DEMİR SPOR's players had a chance to rest. Sungurhan Özdek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kol Atan in the 35th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aktuğ Çoğun kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Mexico were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kol Atan was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Felix Luque got a free kick in the 55th minute. In the 58th minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Sungurhan Özdek made a huge save. ADANA DEMİR SPOR's Sungurhan Özdek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 73rd minute of play. Sungurhan Özdek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 76 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Mancebo. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 77th minute. Alberto Tafalla hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 82nd minute of the match Ahmet Bülent Başaran sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Felix Luque got a free kick in the 84th minute. Kol Atan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdi Vecdi in the 87th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aktuğ Çoğun in the 90th minute of play. In the 93rd minute, Ahmet Bülent Başaran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, ADANA DEMİR SPOR's Mirza Sökmen got a free kick in the 94th minute. The supporters of ADANA DEMİR SPOR booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joel Gaona didn't get a good kick on the ball. The ADANA DEMİR SPOR fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.