Challenge

Suleskard Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. Alberto Tafalla struck a weak shot in the 3rd minute. Ådne Østvang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Suleskard's Ådne Østvang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 5th minute of play. Joel Gaona scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ådne Østvang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luca Zorita was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 22nd minute of play forced Suleskard's goalkeeper Ådne Østvang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ådne Østvang having to interfere. Ådne Østvang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 25th minute of the match. Leon Stokken charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leon Stokken the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th minute, Leon Stokken hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leon Stokken, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Ådne Østvang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ådne Østvang having to interfere. In the 39th minute, Lautaro Mancebo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ådne Østvang was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When Lautaro Mancebo came up free with the goalie in the 43rd 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. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Øyvind Hegge sent off a good shot on target.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Leon Stokken made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Suleskard's Leon Stokken got a free kick in the 50th minute. After 51 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ådne Østvang was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Joel Gaona kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ådne Østvang. That made the score 0-4 in the 55 minute of play. Ådne Østvang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 58th minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Suleskard's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lautaro Mancebo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ådne Østvang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Ådne Østvang. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Zorita got a free kick in the 71st minute. Suleskard's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Alberto Tafalla scored to the left of an out of position Ådne Østvang, making the score, 0-6. Suleskard's Ådne Østvang proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Suleskard from getting a goal against them. In the 83rd minute, Marius Østli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute Luca Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ådne Østvang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Suleskard's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. 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 94th minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.