Challenge

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Gaona in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 9th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 11th minute of the match. In the 15th match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Tafalla to maneuver through the defense. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 16th minute of play. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 23rd minute, Alberto Tafalla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Tafalla fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Joel Gaona 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. 35 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's Alfred Samuelsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dante Lacasa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Allan Malmström scored 1-1 in the 36th 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. 39 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 43rd minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vincent Olofsson made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Göran Unesson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 54th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Team Rocco's Alfred Samuelsson got a free kick in the 56th minute. Team Rocco made a substitution. Joel Lundström replaced Vilhelm Moberg. In the 57th minute, Alfred Samuelsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mexico's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joel Gaona in the 59th minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 60th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Team Rocco's zone, Joel Gaona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson came out of the goal and Joel Gaona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 64 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mexico's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team Rocco the free kick. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo got a free kick in the 64th minute. After 67 minutes of play, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Mexico's Joel Gaona in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Team Rocco's goalie prevented a goal. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 77th minute. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 80th 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. Joel Gaona scored 1-4 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sven-Edvin Mårtensson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lorenzo Cazalla hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Allan Malmström came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 93rd minute Alberto Tafalla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sven-Edvin Mårtensson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over Mexico could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Team Rocco throughout the match.