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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 5th minute of play forced Firma Barnängen's goalkeeper Rune Söder to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute Mark Olsson 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. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Rune Söder despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 23 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 25th minute Firma Barnängen were awarded a corner. Matthias Ekström went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Matthias Ekström almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mexico's Dante Lacasa did a great save. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rune Söder breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Olsson in the 32nd minute of the match. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Rune Söder tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonathan Löv had several of the Mexico's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 37 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Dante Lacasa as he didn't even see the shot coming. 40 minutes into the game, Felix Luque cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Rune Söder was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Alcaraz got free with Dante Lacasa in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joel Gaona made a kick off. Rune Söder came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Rune Söder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luca Zorita in the 55th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 57th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo had several of the Firma Barnängen's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 63 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Rune Söder as he didn't even see the shot coming. Humberto Alcaraz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Dante Lacasa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Rune Söder tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rune Söder was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Alberto Tafalla capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alberto Tafalla really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. After 77 minutes Firma Barnängen'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. It was a well-played corner which Luca Zorita managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 80th minute, Joel Gaona reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rune Söder. The goal made the score 1-5. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder got control of the ball when Lautaro Mancebo tried to sneak it across the goal line.