Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Joel Gaona started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute of the match, Lautaro Mancebo got a very nice opportunity to score, but Karl-Åke Lidström was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 6 played minutes Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Luca Rouco. After a defensive mix-up in Mexico's zone, Marek Panasewicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dante Lacasa came out of the goal and Marek Panasewicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 10th minute of play forced Blomstermåla BK's goalkeeper Karl-Åke Lidström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Karl-Åke Lidström. Karl-Åke Lidström yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Lidström having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Arnulfo Ongile hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karl-Åke Lidström was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Karl-Åke Lidström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lautaro Mancebo came free with the goalkeeper in the 35th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Karl-Åke Lidström could save by the left post. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marek Panasewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute Joel Gaona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Åke Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karl-Åke Lidström having to interfere.

The wind increased when Jörn Erserman made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marek Panasewicz got free with Dante Lacasa in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 66 minutes into the match, Marek Panasewicz notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Mexico's Dante Lacasa. Dante Lacasa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Blomstermåla BK's Marko Isaksson was substituted for Carl Nordlander. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Nordstedt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pär Skoglund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karl-Åke Lidström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute, Felix Luque hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pär Skoglund in the 94th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.