Challenge

LP Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tomas Berganza got the match started through his kick off. André Sjöberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th match minute, JoynickFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ove Lindström to maneuver through the defense. JoynickFC's André Sjöberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Berganza in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by JoynickFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Abraham Alguacil was slow to take the kick. During this time Panama's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Tomas Berganza almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but JoynickFC's André Sjöberg did a great save. JoynickFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ove Lindström in the 12th minute. Isidoro Sarmiento recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. André Sjöberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Berganza in the 15th minute of play. André Sjöberg came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Panama's Tomas Berganza. But to his dismay, Tomas Berganza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armando Paul in the 23rd minute of play forced Panama's goalkeeper Marcos Cotilla to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Cotilla made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Armando Paul sent off a good shot on target. 26 minutes into the match, D.J. Bobek notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Panama's Marcos Cotilla. Marcos Cotilla was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. André Sjöberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abraham Alguacil, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomas Berganza in the 33rd minute of play forced JoynickFC's goalkeeper André Sjöberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ingvar Bergvall kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Alex Cambeiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over André Sjöberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alex Cambeiro ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, JoynickFC's Mark Åström got a free kick in the 44th minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when D.J. Bobek made the kick off in the second half. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. André Sjöberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. André Sjöberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. André Sjöberg was out of position in the 57 minute of play, and Tomas Berganza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomas Berganza really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Bernt Olofsson hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute, Miguel Miralles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65thth minute of the game D.J. Bobek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Panama's Marcos Cotilla was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Tomas Berganza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Sjöberg was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Miguel Miralles hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abraham Alguacil got free with André Sjöberg in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isidoro Sarmiento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. André Sjöberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcos Cotilla showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armando Paul, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. André Sjöberg made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Alex Cambeiro sent off a good shot on target. André Sjöberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Isidoro Sarmiento in the 81st minute. Armando Paul received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Marcos Cotilla tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, JoynickFC's goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Berganza came free, but André Sjöberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Panama's Alex Cambeiro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of André Sjöberg. That made the score 1-3 after 94 minutes of play. When the match was over Panama could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than JoynickFC throughout the match.