Challenge

Harkujärve Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. Waldemar Zalipski might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dante Lacasa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Waldemar Zalipski ran back to his position shaking his head. Joel Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Waldemar Zalipski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldemar Zalipski in the 13th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Harkujärve JK's Waldemar Zalipski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Odin Son didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 22 minutes into the match, Harkujärve JK's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Odin Son reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Ronny Åman in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mexico's Facundo Cadaval. In the 24th minute, Lautaro Mancebo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Bastian Schweinsteiger managed to get in a good position for a shot. Harkujärve JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Bastian Schweinsteiger was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leonardo Leoz hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute Waldemar Zalipski 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. Waldemar Zalipski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Harkujärve JK's Taavet Vest was substituted for Carcelén Vicente. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Taavet Vest to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Bastian Schweinsteiger came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Tafalla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After 59 played minutes, Harkujärve JK's Waldemar Zalipski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dante Lacasa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Harkujärve JK reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 63rd minute of play forced Harkujärve JK's goalkeeper Odin Son to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taavet Vest in the 66th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eimar Kraut fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Eimar Kraut's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dante Lacasa was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. If Facundo Cadaval had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves Lautaro Mancebo could shoot a difficult shot in the 75th minute, which Odin Son however easily saved by the left post. In the 76th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. Odin Son made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joel Gaona in the 78th minute. Jiang Yu Bang hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. 82 minutes into the match, Harkujärve JK's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Odin Son reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luca Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Odin Son. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luca Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. Eimar Kraut scored 2-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dante Lacasa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Carmelo Cilio hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. 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 Harkujärve JK.