Challenge

Congo Bongo Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Luque to maneuver through the defense. Máté Márton 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 8th minute. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Lautaro Mancebo hit a great ball. Damaso Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. In the 24th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Máté Márton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Máté Márton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 33rd 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. Máté Márton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Caleb Law lost his temper 39 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Caleb Law hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Facundo Cadaval received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Máté Márton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th match minute, Congo Bongo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franz Beckenbauer to maneuver through the defense. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 47th 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iker Atarrabi in the 54th minute of the match. Congo Bongo's Sergio Austin was substituted for Kaj-Åke Kaká. Congo Bongo's Arnaldo Oidor was substituted for Damaso Sancho. The throw-in from Macos Graciani in the 60th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Congo Bongo's Andrew Specht. In the 70th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Máté Márton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Froilan Iaki in the 73rd minute of play. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Máté Márton made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Máté Márton prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 79th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Máté Márton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Congo Bongo's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Máté Márton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Austin in the 81st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Congo Bongo's Máté Márton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 83rd minute of play. A collision led to Congo Bongo getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Arnaldo Oidor hit a great ball. Máté Márton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. 87 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Froilan Iaki in the 89th minute of play.