Challenge

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vincent Olofsson started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 2nd minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Team Rocco'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. Sebastian Nordlund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Dante Lacasa made a huge save. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 18 minutes Team Rocco'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. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luca Zorita in the 25th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Zorita in the 29th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Göran Unesson in the 31st minute. Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 34th minute of play. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Allan Malmström went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 41st minute of play. 45 minutes into the game, Mexico's Joel Gaona nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. 47 minutes into the game, Felix Luque was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mexico's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team Rocco the free kick. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Joel Gaona made the kick off in the second half. When Joar Bergfeldt fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Team Rocco's protests and gave Joar Bergfeldt a yellow card for diving instead. Joar Bergfeldt kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. The attack was good, but when Luca Zorita in the 55th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Luca Rouco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Team Rocco made a substitution. Joel Lundström replaced Vilhelm Moberg. A collision led to Mexico getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Luca Rouco hit a great ball. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sebastian Nordlund went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Göran Unesson in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Sven-Edvin Mårtensson, 2-4. Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 71st minute of play. Alberto Tafalla blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to make a save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Lundström in the 76th minute of the match. When Alfred Samuelsson came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Team Rocco 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 Alfred Samuelsson couldn't finish the play. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joel Gaona in the 80th minute. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sven-Edvin Mårtensson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Team Rocco getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Osvald Fredriksson hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Alfred Samuelsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, Mexico's Joel Gaona sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sven-Edvin Mårtensson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson 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 90th minute. In the 91st minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. 92 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lautaro Mancebo. The supporters of Team Rocco booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Macos Graciani didn't get a good kick on the ball.