Challenge

Astro Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Gaona in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matthias Lindgren saved Dexiators from getting behind. Dexiators's Matthias Lindgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 6th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Dexiators's goal looked a bit too open when Luca Zorita came free, but Matthias Lindgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dexiators's Matthias Lindgren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 13th minute of play. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Tymoteusz Misiorowski sent off a good shot on target. 16 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Lennart Johansson came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute Lennart Johansson 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. Max Gustafsson received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dante Lacasa came out and tried to block the shot, but Max Gustafsson slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 18th minute. In the 20th minute, Tymoteusz Misiorowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 21st match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Cazalla to maneuver through the defense. Facundo Cadaval received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Matthias Lindgren tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Max Gustafsson came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matthias Lindgren took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 36th minute, Tymoteusz Misiorowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dante Lacasa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After a rather tough play, Dexiators's Lennart Johansson got a free kick in the 44th minute. 46 minutes into the match, Dexiators's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Matthias Lindgren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Lautaro Mancebo sped through Dexiators's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Matthias Lindgren. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brian Bern, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. When the match had gone on for 64 minutes, Max Gustafsson put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dante Lacasa. Dexiators made a substitution. Ludvig Lindqvist replaced Ove Hökqvist. Matthias Lindgren made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Alberto Tafalla sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th minute Karl Söderlund 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. Luca Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Matthias Lindgren came out and tried to block the shot, but Luca Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 72nd minute. Matthias Lindgren 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 79th minute. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Max Gustafsson in the 84th minute of play. In the 94th minute Brian Bern 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Dexiators had won after a very even match.