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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roman Koenig in the 7th minute. Renan Melo 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 8th minute. After 9 minutes A.A. Francana'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. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Charlie Boström tried to sneak it across the goal line. When A.A. Francana's Charlie Boström in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mexico's goalie prevented a goal. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 17th 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. Lautaro Mancebo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Renan Melo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. Renan Melo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 21st minute of play. 26 minutes into the match, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Renan Melo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Elliott Bergsten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The corner ended in Hussein Faraj almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Renan Melo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Renan Melo 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 39th minute. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 48 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Renan Melo. A.A. Francana's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

After having played for 54 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 55th minute, Lautaro Mancebo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Renan Melo. The goal made the score 0-2. Renan Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 59th minute. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by A.A. Francana'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. Mexico's Luca Rouco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Renan Melo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 65 minutes A.A. Francana'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. Luca Rouco was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Renan Melo. That made the score 0-3 after 68 minutes of play. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A.A. Francana's Renan Melo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. A.A. Francana'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. After 81 played minutes Mexico's Alberto Tafalla stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Renan Melo stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing A.A. Francana of the goal. After 82 minutes A.A. Francana'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. Mexico's Joel Gaona was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Renan Melo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Renan Melo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Charlie Boström went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. 94 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Roman Koenig came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roman Koenig kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Roman Koenig'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. Roman Koenig helped the player get up and apologised. In the 98th match minute, A.A. Francana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roman Koenig to maneuver through the defense.