Back to top
Match Report
La Bombonera
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After 7 minutes of play, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mikael Sjögren was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mikael Sjögren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Facundo Cadaval. Mikael Sjögren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute of the match. Mikael Sjögren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Mikael Sjögren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 24th minute of play forced Deportivo Marplatense's goalkeeper Mikael Sjögren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristobal Eneto in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Deportivo Marplatense's Mikael Sjögren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 28th minute of play. Mikael Sjögren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mikael Sjögren 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 30th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Deportivo Marplatense's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Mikael Sjögren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mikael Sjögren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Mikael Sjögren didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Deportivo Marplatense's Cristobal Eneto. But to his dismay, Cristobal Eneto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Andrew Robertson hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Joel Gaona to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Oscar Presebal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikael Sjögren 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 56th minute. 57 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Cristobal Eneto came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Mexico's Alberto Tafalla slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mikael Sjögren. That made the score 1-3 after 62 minutes of play. Cristobal Eneto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 65th minute Cristobal Eneto 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. In the 69th minute Cristobal Eneto 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. In the 77th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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: 2-4. Mikael Sjögren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 84 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sven-Ove Olsson who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Sven-Ove Olsson got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dante Lacasa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristobal Eneto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristobal Eneto in the 87th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Luisito Dominic hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute, Alberto Tafalla 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.
Change language
