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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 5 minutes into the game, Italy's Enzo Luongo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cornelio Villegas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ladislao Erramu in the 8th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Bruno Antognoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute Enzo Luongo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Villegas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Ladislao Erramu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 10th minute Ladislao Erramu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Antognoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cornelio Villegas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Luongo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cornelio Villegas was a little too slow when Enzo Luongo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 13th minute. The score was now 2-0. Mexico's Marcos Arano was substituted for Benjamin Mikolas. Enzo Luongo succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 17th playminute. 21 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Luongo came free, but Cornelio Villegas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy's attentive Filippo Bozzelli managed to snatch the ball when Patrick Beckham made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Ladislao Erramu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bruno Antognoni. Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ladislao Erramu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Enzo Luongo got free with Cornelio Villegas in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cornelio Villegas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enzo Luongo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 43rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arsenio Manuelo to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ladislao Erramu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcos Arano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cornelio Villegas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enzo Luongo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Enzo Luongo came free, but Cornelio Villegas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Italy's Bruno Antognoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Arano in the 68th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ladislao Erramu got free with Bruno Antognoni in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Enzo Luongo came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Italy 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 Enzo Luongo couldn't finish the play. Italy made a substitution. Armando Natalucci replaced Enzo Luongo. Mexico made a substitution. Leonardo Tipi replaced Ladislao Erramu. Mexico made a substitution. Blas Frances replaced Alonzo Gomesano. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Armando Natalucci in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cornelio Villegas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Bruno Antognoni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcos Arano, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Bruno Antognoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Tipi in the 80th minute of play. Bruno Antognoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Arano in the 82nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Armando Natalucci kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cornelio Villegas. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cornelio Villegas should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leonardo Tipi got free with Bruno Antognoni in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Tipi in the 87th minute of play forced Italy's goalkeeper Bruno Antognoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cornelio Villegas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armando Natalucci, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Armando Natalucci left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Italy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. 96 minutes into the match, Italy's goalkeeper Bruno Antognoni had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonardo Tipi. Mexico's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.