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. Ant Temizkan started the match with the kick off. SARAY A.Ş's Birdal Nuratay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save SARAY A.Ş from getting a goal against them. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Birdal Nuratay made a huge save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gürhan Tüzeman in the 15th minute of the match. SARAY A.Ş were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Mexico's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Hassan Briso took the corner. In the 18th minute Zheng Li Ling 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Facundo Cadaval got free with Birdal Nuratay in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. SARAY A.Ş's Birdal Nuratay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save SARAY A.Ş from getting a goal against them. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zheng Li Ling in the 29th minute of play. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 31st 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ant Temizkan in the 33rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Birdal Nuratay tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hassan Briso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Joel Gaona got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joel Gaona stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Birdal Nuratay made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 51st minute of play. Birdal Nuratay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 55th minute of the match. After 56 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Felix Luque. After 60 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Facundo Cadaval. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 68th minute of play forced SARAY A.Ş's goalkeeper Birdal Nuratay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Ant Temizkan 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. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Birdal Nuratay having to interfere. After having played for 85 minutes, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alberto Tafalla was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 91 minutes SARAY A.Ş'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. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that SARAY A.Ş's Birdal Nuratay managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 92nd minute of the match, Gürhan Tüzeman tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dante Lacasa saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 95th minute of the match, Ant Temizkan got a very nice opportunity to score, but Dante Lacasa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched SARAY A.Ş eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.