Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remo Dracena in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 14th minute of play forced AL TOKE FC's goalkeeper Denis Gilabert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Remo Dracena 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. AL TOKE FC's Denis Gilabert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 20th minute of play. 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 21st minute. The corner ended in Lautaro Mancebo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AL TOKE FC's Denis Gilabert did a great save. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jean-Paul van der Leegte in the 23rd minute of play. In the 26th minute Remo Dracena 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. Denis Gilabert showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 29th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Laureano Gimenez in the 32nd minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Denis Gilabert, 1-1. In the 44th minute Laureano Gimenez 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. Denis Gilabert made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 45th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Remo Dracena to make the kick off. Denis Gilabert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 51st minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jean-Paul van der Leegte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. The supporters of AL TOKE FC booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lautaro Mancebo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laureano Gimenez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 59 played minutes AL TOKE FC got a freekick which was hit by Jean-Paul van der Leegte. Denis Gilabert didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Mexico's Joel Gaona shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Denis Gilabert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 70th minute of play forced AL TOKE FC's goalkeeper Denis Gilabert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 78 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Denis Gilabert. AL TOKE FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 82ndth minute of the game Joel Gaona who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AL TOKE FC's Denis Gilabert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AL TOKE FC's Denis Gilabert played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 84th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Remo Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Laureano Gimenez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Denis Gilabert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 93rd minute of play. Mexico's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.