Challenge

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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 6th minute, Christoforos Manousopoulos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Dante Lacasa, passed just outside the right post. 9 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oskar Lägdin. Ola Wall didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Lautaro Mancebo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Ola Wall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felix Luque charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felix Luque the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Felix Luque got a free kick in the 16th minute. The long shot by Oskar Lägdin in the 16th minute really tested Dante Lacasa's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Ola Wall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luca Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ola Wall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 19th minute of the match. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 21st minute of play. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoforos Manousopoulos in the 25th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ola Wall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd minute, NIKE Academy's Christoforos Manousopoulos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Ola Wall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Oskar Lägdin notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christoforos Manousopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 53rd minute of play forced NIKE Academy's goalkeeper Ola Wall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoforos Manousopoulos in the 54th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Mühren in the 58th minute of play. Robert Mühren struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Dante Lacasa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NIKE Academy. Ola Wall made a fantastic save in the 71st minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, NIKE Academy's Ola Wall got control of the ball when Alberto Tafalla tried to sneak it across the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Lu Lin notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ola Wall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but NIKE Academy's Ola Wall did a great save. Ola Wall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 88th minute of the match. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oskar Lägdin in the 91st minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Mexico players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for NIKE Academy.