Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yüksel Çelikhan started the match with the kick off. Gong Cheng Yu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 4th minute of the match. Facundo Cadaval kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Seyfettin Berksu might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Seyfettin Berksu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 13th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gong Cheng Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gong Cheng Yu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seyfettin Berksu in the 20th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Yüksel Çelikhan came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Gong Cheng Yu made a huge save. Gong Cheng Yu made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 33rd minute of play forced ALYA FC's goalkeeper Gong Cheng Yu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Mexico's Joel Gaona dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gong Cheng Yu having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Gong Cheng Yu in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 51st minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gong Cheng Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that ALYA FC's Gong Cheng Yu managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 57th minute, Luca Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gong Cheng Yu was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yalçın Abdulhakimoğlu in the 65th minute. ALYA FC's Mutlu Hüryaşar was substituted for Miklós Kolozsvári. ALYA FC's Paşa Ali Tecelli was substituted for Yalçın Abdulhakimoğlu. Yüksel Çelikhan kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gong Cheng Yu having to interfere. After 77 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gong Cheng Yu was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Yüksel Çelikhan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gong Cheng Yu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Rouco, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gong Cheng Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Facundo Cadaval took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gong Cheng Yu. Gong Cheng Yu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. Mexico's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.