Challenge

SAN SIRO
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maciej Kowalski started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Ac Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Everardo Mingo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 8th minute of play forced Ac Milan's goalkeeper Everardo Mingo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 姜朗飞 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. A collision led to Ac Milan getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. 姜朗飞 hit a great ball. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Ac Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Everardo Mingo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Everardo Mingo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 29th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Mingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Ac Milan's Maksymilian Olejniczak in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Ac Milan's 任延军 got a free kick in the 37th minute. Maciej Kowalski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lautaro Mancebo during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 43 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Mancebo. In the 45th minute, one of Mexico:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mexico. Dante Lacasa had in the 47thth minute some difficulties stopping Ilmi Duka's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Everardo Mingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksymilian Olejniczak in the 58th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Everardo Mingo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Ac Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Everardo Mingo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maksymilian Olejniczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Everardo Mingo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 68th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Kowalski, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. After 81 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ilmi Duka who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ilmi Duka got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. With a little luck, Ac Milan's Everardo Mingo got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 84th minute of play forced Ac Milan's goalkeeper Everardo Mingo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilmi Duka, 94 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Mexico eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.