Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dávid Baroch started the match with the kick off. Joel Gaona received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. János Földvári came out and tried to block the shot, but Joel Gaona slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of János Földvári. ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The supporters of Mexico booed when ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wayne Rooney didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 19th minute, Lautaro Mancebo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roland Wierzcholek in the 29th minute of play. In the 31st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but János Földvári saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ's János Földvári proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ from getting a goal against them. Dávid Baroch took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Thomas Sørheim ran over to the corner to take the kick. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mexico's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Thomas Sørheim was slow to take the kick. During this time ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ's players had a chance to rest. In the 59th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but János Földvári saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. János Földvári made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 62nd minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wayne Rooney in the 66th minute of the match. In the 68th minute of the match ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Thomas Sørheim ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ's Bruno Alberico to fire away a dangerous shot which Dante Lacasa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 70th minute of play forced ᴀꜱ ɴᴀɢʏᴍᴀʀᴏꜱ's goalkeeper János Földvári to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lorenzo Cazalla fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mexico's protests and gave Lorenzo Cazalla a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd minute, Lorenzo Cazalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but János Földvári saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but János Földvári saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. János Földvári took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Jiang Shi Chao hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dávid Baroch in the 91st minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Mexico had played much better football throughout.