Challenge

Estadio Jalisco
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Arrigo Tonon's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arrigo Tonon helped the player get up and apologised. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brendan Leblanc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 12th minute of play forced Kingpins's goalkeeper Brendan Leblanc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of the match. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Kingpins's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. 21 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guo Ke Peng. In the 21st minute Guo Ke Peng 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. Guo Ke Peng hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 28th minute of the match. Brendan Leblanc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 30th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Brendan Leblanc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rickard Lundgren in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute of the match Kingpins got a corner. Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Karl Trulsson ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rickard Lundgren's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dante Lacasa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. In the 45th match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Karl Trulsson to maneuver through the defense. Brendan Leblanc 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 46th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rickard Lundgren to strike the kick off in the second half. Brendan Leblanc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 53rd minute. 57 minutes in the game, Joel Gaona fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Brendan Leblanc having to interfere. After 64 minutes Kingpins'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. 70 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Kingpins's Brendan Leblanc. Brendan Leblanc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kingpins's Roger Sandström was substituted for Ove Ahlström. Kingpins made a substitution. Bo Kruuse replaced Rickard Lundgren. Brendan Leblanc came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 79th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brendan Leblanc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes into the game, Henning Strömqvist was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kingpins's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. In the 79th match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Henning Strömqvist to maneuver through the defense. Brendan Leblanc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 85th minute. Brendan Leblanc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 87th minute. The Kingpins fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mexico were clearly better and deserved to take the win.