Challenge

El Templo Funebrero
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Deng Wei Lin got the match started through his kick off. If Osvaldo Ospin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adriano Pappalardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 6th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, chacarita juniors's Lorenzo Tipi got a free kick in the 8th minute. After 10 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for chacarita juniors! An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Wei Lin in the 14th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to chacarita juniors getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Osvaldo Erlantz hit a great ball. After 16 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Adriano Pappalardo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adriano Pappalardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by chacarita juniors'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. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but chacarita juniors's Adriano Pappalardo did a great save. Adriano Pappalardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 32nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Wei Lin in the 33rd 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 Deng Wei Lin in the 34th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 36th minute of play forced chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Osvaldo Ospin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adriano Pappalardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 41st minute of the match. 44 minutes into the game, Lucjan Malewicz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. chacarita juniors's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Lucjan Malewicz hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Joel Gaona scored 0-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Adriano Pappalardo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Adriano Pappalardo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Ospin in the 58th minute of play. Adriano Pappalardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Deng Wei Lin in the 61st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. chacarita juniors's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arkhip Ilyin in the 62nd minute. Adriano Pappalardo 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 65th minute. Adriano Pappalardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 68th minute of play. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deng Wei Lin in the 80th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Facundo Cadaval got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Mexico's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.