Challenge

Magic City
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. Kaj Ekegren started the match with the kick off. SJÖARED's Adrian Springfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 6th minute of play. 7 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vilhelm Lidman. Adrian Springfält took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9thth minute of the game Alberto Tafalla who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SJÖARED's Adrian Springfält was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tafalla's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adrian Springfält was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Helge Gustafsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Tim Hellbom came free with the goalkeeper in the 14th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dante Lacasa could save by the left post. Adrian Springfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 15th minute of play. Adrian Springfält took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Mancebo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 Vilhelm Lidman. Adrian Springfält made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 34th minute of play. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Vilhelm Lidman tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luca Zorita during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of SJÖARED booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Luca Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Luca Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adrian Springfält breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Helge Gustafsson in the 47th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Dante Lacasa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vilhelm Lidman went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. SJÖARED's Adrian Springfält played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 55th minute of play. SJÖARED made a substitution. Ola Hansson replaced Tim Hellbom. Mexico's Dante Lacasa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vilhelm Lidman in the 62nd minute of play. SJÖARED's Isak Qvarnström was substituted for Vilhelm Lidman. 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 71st minute. Karl-Oskar Lundberg tried in the 71st minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Adrian Springfält a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-3. When the match clock showed 82 minutes, the score became 3-3 when Urban Rudberg sped through Mexico's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.