National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Reasco Das got the match started through his kick off. Meshack Serage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reasco Das in the 3rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reasco Das in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Meshack Serage saved U21 South Africa from getting behind. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 South Africa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Heriberto Lazcano was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Mexico's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Thobejane in the 11th minute of play forced U21 Mexico's goalkeeper Richard Murillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Johannes Bartlett kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Reasco Das shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meshack Serage saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Higinio Abechuco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Meshack Serage was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Reasco Das sped through U21 South Africa's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Meshack Serage. Meshack Serage showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Reasco Das, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 24 played minutes U21 South Africa got a freekick which was hit by Maseti Laher. In the 25th minute Reasco Das shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meshack Serage saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Mexico's Alonzo Cordairo got a free kick in the 26th minute. U21 South Africa's Meshack Serage played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Higinio Abechuco in the 31st minute of play. In the 35th minute Reasco Das shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meshack Serage saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Heriberto Lazcano in the 37th minute. Alonzo Cordairo was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Reasco Das succeeded in the game's 40th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. In the 47th minute Higinio Abechuco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meshack Serage saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jonas Thobejane stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, Maseti Laher was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 South Africa's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Mexico the free kick. When U21 Mexico's Reasco Das in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 South Africa's goalie prevented a goal. Higinio Abechuco's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 57thth minute, Meshack Serage skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 62 played minutes U21 Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Murillo Cisneros. Richard Murillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johannes Bartlett in the 63rd minute of play. A collision led to U21 Mexico getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Alonzo Cordairo hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reasco Das in the 72nd minute of play forced U21 South Africa's goalkeeper Meshack Serage to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meshack Serage was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Reasco Das capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Reasco Das really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Alexandre Markarov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Meshack Serage didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Mexico's Alexandre Markarov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-4 in the ordered_time% minute.