Challenge

Hallstahammar IP
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Gaona made the kick off which started today's match. Dante Lacasa made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Ştefan Deșliu sent off a good shot on target. Ştefan Deșliu in the 11thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dante Lacasa, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Joseph Svartengren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 13th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Joel Gaona made a great header on Mexico's corner, it was just that Hallstahammar IK's Joseph Svartengren managed to reach the ball for a save. Thanks to some nice moves Alexei Karamazov could shoot a difficult shot in the 18th minute, which Dante Lacasa however easily saved by the left post. 19 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexei Karamazov. 21 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Alexei Karamazov came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hallstahammar IK's Joseph Svartengren played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 22nd minute of play. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 23th minute after Hallstahammar IK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. After taking down the ball on Mexico's corner Joel Gaona fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joseph Svartengren quite easily take care of the ball. In the 25th minute of the match Mexico got a corner. Hallstahammar IK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joel Gaona ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 25th minute, Facundo Cadaval hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Facundo Cadaval fired away a free kick at the goal, but hit it at the wrong angle and it went over the crossbar. Lautaro Mancebo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 31st minute of play forced Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexei Karamazov got free with Dante Lacasa in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 33rd minute of play forced Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joseph Svartengren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 34th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 36th minute of play forced Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joseph Svartengren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 40th minute of play. 45 minutes into the match, Lautaro Mancebo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Joseph Svartengren. Hallstahammar IK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lautaro Mancebo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexei Karamazov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Joseph Svartengren 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 51st minute. Erik Browall kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. When Joel Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 53rd 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 Joel Gaona couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 58th minute of play forced Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Mexico's Luca Zorita to fire away a dangerous shot which Joseph Svartengren despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Alexei Karamazov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hallstahammar IK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Lautaro Mancebo had several of the Hallstahammar IK's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 66 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-2 score and a disappointed Joseph Svartengren as he didn't even see the shot coming. Joseph Svartengren 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 75th 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. 78 minutes into the match, Hallstahammar IK's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Joseph Svartengren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joseph Svartengren having to interfere. In the 88th minute, Karl Nordström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 89th minute, Adolf Papoušek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Hallstahammar IK's goalkeeper Joseph Svartengren, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lautaro Mancebo got free with Joseph Svartengren in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 98 minutes Hallstahammar IK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Joel Gaona who took care of the corner kick. The Hallstahammar IK supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Mexico's performance. The match ended with a win for Mexico.