Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Kohn in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yanick Wils charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yanick Wils the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kai-Uwe Bartek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 14th minute Andre Seemayer 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 18th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Kai-Uwe Bartek. BiBa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. With a little luck, BiBa's Kai-Uwe Bartek got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of BiBa's Kai-Uwe Bartek. Kai-Uwe Bartek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to BiBa getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Steffen Neubrandt hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the game Joel Gaona kicked a great long shot which passed Kai-Uwe Bartek straight ahead into the goal, Result 3-0. One couldn't see Joel Gaona behind all of his teammates who surrounded to congratulate him. Tomé Azevedo's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomé Azevedo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, BiBa's Tomé Azevedo got a free kick in the 43rd minute. 48 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kai-Uwe Bartek. BiBa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thomas Unterberger to strike the kick off in the second half. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kai-Uwe Bartek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alberto Tafalla in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kai-Uwe Bartek prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 65th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kai-Uwe Bartek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BiBa's Andre Seemayer got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. BiBa's Densill 李天剑 was substituted for Tomé Azevedo. In the 94th minute, Thomas Unterberger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kai-Uwe Bartek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 95th minute of the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Mexico had played much better football throughout.