Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, 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. Přemek Ouředník took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 4th minute, Alberto Tafalla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Přemek Ouředník having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslav Plašil, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Přemek Ouředník didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 19 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Přemek Ouředník. Pardubice Hurricanes's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Tafalla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 23rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Přemek Ouředník saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th of the match, Joel Gaona tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Přemek Ouředník got in the way and made a wonderful save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakub Molnár 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. 31 minutes in the game, Jakub Molnár dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 35th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Přemek Ouředník saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vítek Bittner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 41 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Přemek Ouředník came out and tried to block the shot, but Lautaro Mancebo slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 43rd minute. In the 46th minute, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vítek Bittner to strike the kick off in the second half. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 59th minute of play forced Pardubice Hurricanes's goalkeeper Přemek Ouředník to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alberto Tafalla scored 7-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Přemek Ouředník, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 64th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Přemek Ouředník saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Přemek Ouředník saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Svatomír Krajíček got free with Dante Lacasa in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Přemek Ouředník took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vítek Bittner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. Pardubice Hurricanes's Jiří Rychtář was substituted for Vítek Bittner. Přemek Ouředník didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Joel Gaona went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Přemek Ouředník tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiří Rychtář, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Přemek Ouředník took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pardubice Hurricanes's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. Přemek Ouředník made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 88th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 10-0, to the right of Pardubice Hurricanes's Přemek Ouředník. Přemek Ouředník was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Pardubice Hurricanes getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Andrei Stroie hit a great ball. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Přemek Ouředník having to interfere. Mexico walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.