Challenge

El Monumental
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marcial Lordi. Marcial Lordi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Cadaval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Oxarra in the 23rd minute of play. Marcial Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wu Li Zhi. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruno Oxarra in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 31st minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. RIVER's Domingo Remigio was substituted for Bruno Oxarra. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 38th minute of play forced RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Mexico fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Târban in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Niki Lauda to make the kick off. A collision led to RIVER getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Rosendo Osorio hit a great ball. 55 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Wu Li Zhi came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wu Li Zhi in the 59th minute of play. Marcial Lordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 61st minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. Marcial Lordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 72nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Niki Lauda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. RIVER made a substitution. Pipo Benedetto replaced Wu Li Zhi. RIVER made a substitution. Tobias Belmiro replaced Rosendo Osorio. 82 minutes into the match, RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. RIVER's Marcial Lordi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 84th minute of play. Marcial Lordi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 84th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niki Lauda, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. After 94 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Facundo Cadaval.