Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Mountainhammer United's Roar Klev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save Mountainhammer United from getting a goal against them. Ulf Gallin scored 0-1 in the 13th 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. In the 16th 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. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arne Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Roar Klev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 25th minute. In the 26th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Mountainhammer United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. After having played for 31 minutes, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joel Gaona was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arne Back kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Roar Klev could save by the left post. If Luca Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 47 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Lautaro Mancebo. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Roar Klev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 52nd minute of play. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arne Back in the 54th minute of play. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arne Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arne Back, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 55 minutes into the match, Mountainhammer United's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Roar Klev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mountainhammer United's Roar Klev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 57th minute of play. Roar Klev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 61st minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roar Klev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The corner ended in Joel Gaona almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Mountainhammer United's Roar Klev did a great save. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulf Gallin in the 63rd minute of the match. Roar Klev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 67th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Ulf Gallin came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute Lautaro Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roar Klev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Mexico booed when Mountainhammer United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eric Gummeson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mountainhammer United's Mårten Olsman was substituted for Ulf Gallin. A collision led to Mountainhammer United getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Eric Gummeson hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 74th minute of play forced Mountainhammer United's goalkeeper Roar Klev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roar Klev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 87th minute of play forced Mountainhammer United's goalkeeper Roar Klev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aron Blom charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aron Blom the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Mountainhammer United's Roar Klev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 90th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mountainhammer United's Christoffer Häll got a free kick in the 92nd minute. 95 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roar Klev. Mountainhammer United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Mexico fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mountainhammer United had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.