Challenge

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Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kaj Hård took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to spikarna getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Niklas Söderberg hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sven Nordkvist in the 8th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as spikarna's Sven Nordkvist slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dante Lacasa. That made the score 1-0 after 14 minutes of play. 17 minutes into the match, spikarna's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Lars Norberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Luca Rouco fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Lars Norberg quite easily take care of the ball. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 20th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Luca Zorita got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-1. 21 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kaj Hård. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaj Hård in the 29th minute of play. After 32 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lars Norberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lars Norberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 35th minute of play forced spikarna's goalkeeper Lars Norberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christoffer Hansson kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Joel Gaona was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 38th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 39 minutes into the match, spikarna's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Lars Norberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The spikarna players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. After 51 minutes of play, spikarna's Kaj Hård made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dante Lacasa was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 56th minute to try and stop a shot by spikarna's Kaj Hård. But to his dismay, Kaj Hård quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. 61 minutes into the match, spikarna's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Lars Norberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 63rd 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 Lautaro Mancebo couldn't finish the play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven Nordkvist in the 67th minute of play. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaj Hård, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. spikarna's Lars Norberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save spikarna from getting a goal against them. spikarna's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Atakan Pepe in the 72nd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Mexico's goalie and right to Christoffer Hansson. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Mexico's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 75 minutes into the game, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lars Norberg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. spikarna's Lars Norberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 86th minute of play. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 89th 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. spikarna's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Luca Zorita scored to the left of an out of position Lars Norberg, making the score, 3-4. When the final whistle sounded Mexico left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than spikarna.