Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Silvers Ilkus's Jedrzej Pinczewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Silvers Ilkus from getting a goal against them. 5 minutes into the match, Dursun Fındık had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dursun Fındık was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Fábio-Fernando Cannavaro hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Jedrzej Pinczewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 8th minute of the match. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Jedrzej Pinczewski made a huge save. With a little luck, Silvers Ilkus's Jedrzej Pinczewski got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dursun Fındık, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Cloyo in the 31st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With his leg Jedrzej Pinczewski managed to avoid a goal in the 35thth minute, when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 36th minute of play forced Silvers Ilkus's goalkeeper Jedrzej Pinczewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jedrzej Pinczewski saved Silvers Ilkus from getting behind. After 43 minutes, Joel Gaona made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Silvers Ilkus's Jedrzej Pinczewski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saul Cloyo in the 47th minute of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saul Cloyo to make the kick off. In the 55th match minute, Silvers Ilkus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nils Meulders to maneuver through the defense. 59 minutes into the match, Silvers Ilkus's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Jedrzej Pinczewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvers Ilkus's Jedrzej Pinczewski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 67th minute of play. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Dursun Fındık tried to sneak it across the goal line. The supporters of Mexico booed when Silvers Ilkus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakub Barniszke didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 73 played minutes Silvers Ilkus got a freekick which was hit by Jakub Barniszke. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Jedrzej Pinczewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 81 played minutes Silvers Ilkus got a freekick which was hit by Saul Cloyo. Jedrzej Pinczewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jedrzej Pinczewski having to interfere. Jedrzej Pinczewski 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 94th minute. In the 95th minute the ball was on its way in behind Silvers Ilkus's goalkeeper Jedrzej Pinczewski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.