Challenge

Nykvarn Arena
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. Jon Matsson started the match with the kick off. Tor Josefsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Fernandino in the 8th minute of play. Jesus Carvallo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Tor Josefsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nykvarn's Alf Jönsson quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Rubio, made in the 12th minute of the game. In the 20th minute, Abram Luque ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tor Josefsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A collision led to Nykvarn getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jonas Erserman hit a great ball. After having played for 29 minutes, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Moises Fernandino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tor Josefsson came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by El Salvador's Moises Fernandino. But to his dismay, Moises Fernandino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. When Jon Matsson fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nykvarn's protests and gave Jon Matsson a yellow card for diving instead. Nykvarn's attentive Alf Jönsson managed to snatch the ball when Valentino Ferrant made a throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Moises Fernandino to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute of the game Joshua Curbelo made a throw-in which Abram Luque played forward. A sloppy throw-in by Luis Rubio in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Nykvarn's Bengt-Rune Jakobsson. Tor Josefsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moises Fernandino, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Nykvarn's goalkeeper Tor Josefsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abram Luque. A hard shot 72 in the game by Moises Fernandino from a close distance when the talented Tor Josefsson managed to make a qualified save. Nykvarn's players were relieved. Nykvarn's attentive Alf Jönsson managed to snatch the ball when Luis Rubio made a throw-in in the 75th minute of the game. Nykvarn's attentive Jonas Erserman managed to snatch the ball when Luis Rubio made a throw-in in the 77th minute of the game. Moises Fernandinos short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Tor Josefsson to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Moises Fernandino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tor Josefsson having to interfere. Abram Luque blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tor Josefsson having to make a save. Bengt-Rune Jakobsson's late challenge caught a El Salvador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bengt-Rune Jakobsson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Nykvarn getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Bengt-Rune Jakobsson hit a great ball. The El Salvador supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing El Salvador would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.