Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bass Dost, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 8th minute. The corner led Mexico's Luca Rouco to fire away a dangerous shot which Cláudio Bittencourt despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Hefter came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sten Koch charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sten Koch the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th minute, Sten Koch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joel Gaona recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 21st minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Cláudio Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Bass Dost's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 25th minute of the match Red Bull Magnus got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Axel Bäck ran over to the corner to take the kick. Axel Bäck made a great header on Red Bull Magnus's corner, it was just that Mexico's Dante Lacasa managed to reach the ball for a save. Macos Graciani kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Richard Hefter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. If Bass Dost had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bass Dost took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Red Bull Magnus got a freekick which was hit by Zhao Lin Zhi. Red Bull Magnus's Cláudio Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 52nd minute of play. Bass Dost scored 0-2 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Lacasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bass Dost in the 60th minute. 61 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Cláudio Bittencourt was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Red Bull Magnus made a substitution. Luisão Negri replaced Bass Dost. 67 minutes into the match, Mexico's Luca Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cláudio Bittencourt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 70 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luisão Negri. The Red Bull Magnus fans' excitement grew in the 73rd match minute when Red Bull Magnus's Richard Hefter looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from You Wei Xing in the 76th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when You Wei Xing came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by You Wei Xing in the 78th minute. Cláudio Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Cláudio Bittencourt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Magnus's Zhao Lin Zhi got a free kick in the 87th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from You Wei Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa was out of position in the 94 minute of play, and Luisão Negri capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luisão Negri really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Red Bull Magnus's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.