Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 曲强洋 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roy Engström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 曲强洋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Luca Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Felix Luque hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 曲强洋 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 曲强洋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. 曲强洋 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Gleb Elkibaev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vadim Vatagin hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After 32 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Felix Luque. In the 33rd minute Vladislav Popov 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's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gleb Elkibaev in the 35th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 曲强洋 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. 曲强洋 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladislav Popov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Roy Engström made the kick off in the second half. 曲强洋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 55th minute of the match. Esperance's 曲强洋 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 57th minute of play. In the 58th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Macos Graciani to maneuver through the defense. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 曲强洋 having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gleb Elkibaev got free with Dante Lacasa in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gleb Elkibaev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Dante Lacasa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 62 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Esperance's Gleb Elkibaev fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 63rd minute of play forced Esperance's goalkeeper 曲强洋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Esperance's Felix Kazachenok tried to score from far away in the 69th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lautaro Mancebo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 曲强洋 having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roy Engström in the 76th minute of play. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Mexico 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 曲强洋 was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. In the 88th minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of 曲强洋. Esperance's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Esperance's Marat Markov was substituted for Arkadiy Barbarash.