Challenge

The Honeypot
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Josef Mellin. Josef Mellin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. When Facundo Cadaval came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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 Facundo Cadaval couldn't finish the play. Josef Mellin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After some careless play in the Honung defense, Facundo Cadaval kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Josef Mellin. The Honung fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Josef Mellin should have stopped the shot. Honung's Josef Mellin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 13th minute of play. Josef Mellin came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Luca Zorita. But to his dismay, Luca Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 17th minute, Facundo Cadaval left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Joel Gaona scored 0-5 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Josef Mellin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The throw-in from Leonardo Leoz in the 24th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Honung's Lars Kråk. Leonardo Leoz made in the 25th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Honung's Georg Karlsson. 26 minutes into the game, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Josef Mellin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. In the 29th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josef Mellin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. In the 32nd minute, Facundo Cadaval made a precise shot to the right of Josef Mellin. Honung's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. Joel Gaona made in the 35th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Luca Zorita. After a rather tough play, Honung's Georg Karlsson got a free kick in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Josef Mellin. Honung's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Macos Graciani in the 42nd minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Josef Mellin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Honung's Josef Mellin. Josef Mellin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luca Zorita scored 0-11 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Josef Mellin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Honung players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mexico were winning 0-11.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcus Jakobsson was the one to do the kick off. Josef Mellin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 53rd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the match, Honung's goalkeeper Josef Mellin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Josef Mellin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josef Mellin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute, Facundo Cadaval ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josef Mellin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. 62 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Josef Mellin. Honung's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. Josef Mellin came out of the goal in the 64th 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 0-14. After some careless play in the Honung defense, Lautaro Mancebo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Josef Mellin. The Honung fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Josef Mellin should have stopped the shot. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Josef Mellin came out and tried to block the shot, but Alberto Tafalla slotted it home off the left post making it 0-16 in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 76th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Josef Mellin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 77th minute of play forced Honung's goalkeeper Josef Mellin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Josef Mellin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Felix Luque showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-17 in the 78 minute of play. In the 81st minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Josef Mellin. Honung's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-18. Lautaro Mancebo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Josef Mellin made a huge save. Honung's Josef Mellin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Honung from getting a goal against them. In the 86th minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josef Mellin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Honung's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Rouco came free, but Josef Mellin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Facundo Cadaval kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Josef Mellin. That made the score 0-19 in the 89 minute of play. 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.