Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Joel Gaona took the kick off in the first half of the match. SoS FC's Run Run quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luca Rouco, made in the 4th minute of the game. Pedrão de Amorim recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Lautaro Mancebo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luca Rouco got a throw-in 9 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joel Gaona. Joel Gaona's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Karl-Erik Larsson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. SoS FC's Karl-Erik Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 14th minute of play. 14 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Mexico's Alberto Tafalla fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 17th minute, Alberto Tafalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karl-Erik Larsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedrão de Amorim in the 20th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Alberto Tafalla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto Tafalla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karl-Erik Larsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 29th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Karl-Erik Larsson. SoS FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. SoS FC's Karl-Erik Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 33rd minute of play. After 35 minutes of play, Mexico's Joel Gaona made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karl-Erik Larsson was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Mexico 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 Alberto Tafalla couldn't finish the play. In the 40th minute, Pedrão de Amorim 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. Mexico's Joel Gaona got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpected shot in the 47th minute by Alberto Tafalla got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. SoS FC's Karl-Erik Larsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 48th minute of play. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that SoS FC's Karl-Erik Larsson managed to reach the ball for a save. When Lautaro Mancebo, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 49 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Karl-Erik Larsson was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pedrão de Amorim was the one to do the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, SoS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Karl-Erik Larsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marek Jaraczewski hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 61st minute of the game Macos Graciani made a throw-in which Joel Gaona played forward. SoS FC made a substitution. Tommy Boylin replaced Pedrão de Amorim. SoS FC made a substitution. Yusuf Ziya Öğeturk replaced Mårten Majman. In the 71st minute Facundo Cadaval shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Erik Larsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76 played minutes SoS FC got a freekick which was hit by Eduard Gâgea. Alberto Tafalla might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Karl-Erik Larsson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alberto Tafalla ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 89 minutes, Lautaro Mancebo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Mexico's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lautaro Mancebo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th minute, Alberto Tafalla made a precise shot to the right of Karl-Erik Larsson. SoS FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. 98 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Karl-Erik Larsson. SoS FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-1.