Challenge

Rock Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Igor Akinfeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 2nd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of Igor Akinfeev. Voskresensk FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Akinfeev was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Vladimir Safarov kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Igor Akinfeev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 13th minute of the match. Jaspar Pijps'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. Jaspar Pijps helped the player get up and apologised. After 16 played minutes Voskresensk FC got a freekick which was hit by Jaspar Pijps. In the 19th 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: 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Mancebo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Igor Akinfeev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 25th minute of play. Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 26th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo scored 0-3 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Akinfeev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 37th minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 39th minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Igor Akinfeev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 42nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 43rd minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 46th minute of play forced Voskresensk FC's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 minutes Voskresensk FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fedor Ivanchuk to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Fedor Ivanchuk 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 55th minute, Lautaro Mancebo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lautaro Mancebo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-4 in the 57th playminute. Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Voskresensk FC from getting a goal against them. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Voskresensk FC's Timofey Solomakhin was substituted for Vladimir Safarov. Jaspar Pijps kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. Joel Gaona struck a weak shot in the 73rd minute. Igor Akinfeev didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. If Gu Xuan Xiong had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 83rd minute, Joel Gaona reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Igor Akinfeev. The goal made the score 0-5. 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 86th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Fedor Ivanchuk managed to get in a good position for a shot. Voskresensk FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Fedor Ivanchuk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Voskresensk FC's Grigoriy Galkin got a free kick in the 91st minute. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Igor Akinfeev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Voskresensk FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Voskresensk FC's Igor Akinfeev did a great save. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Voskresensk FC.