Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kostas Fasoulis in the 3rd minute of play. Xarilaou FC were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fanis Skaltsas took the corner. Themis Efthimidis kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Kostas Kourmouzis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 9th minute of play. Kostas Kourmouzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thodoris Loubakis in the 18th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fanis Skaltsas in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st 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. 1-0. Kostas Kourmouzis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 24th minute. 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 25th minute. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Xarilaou FC's Kostas Kourmouzis did a great save. Stathis Kapelis hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 34th minute of play forced Xarilaou FC's goalkeeper Kostas Kourmouzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Xarilaou FC'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. Joel Gaona was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 39th minute. Mexico's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Theofanis Tsatsaronakis kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. After having played for 41 minutes, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Gaona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 43rd minute, Joel Gaona 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alberto Tafalla during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alberto Tafalla hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match.

58 minutes into the match, Kostas Fasoulis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dante Lacasa, 1-1. In the 62ndth minute of the game Thodoris Loubakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 63 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kostas Kourmouzis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mexico's Dante Lacasa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. 70 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Thodoris Loubakis 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 Thodoris Loubakis in the 73rd minute of play. Thodoris Loubakis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 82ndth minute tested the skills of Dante Lacasa when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Xarilaou FC's Stratos Kabantais was substituted for Kostas Fasoulis. When Fanis Skaltsas came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Xarilaou FC 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 Fanis Skaltsas couldn't finish the play. 94 minutes into the game, Stratos Kabantais cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Dante Lacasa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.