Challenge

Hagforsen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Mexico's Joel Gaona started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mariusz Bejgier 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 4th minute. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zhan Yang in the 6th minute. When Alberto Tafalla came up free with the goalie in the 7th 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. In the 8th minute, Colas Morales left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hagfors fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, Hagfors's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Gaona came free, but Mariusz Bejgier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Mexico's Dante Lacasa got control of the ball when Herminio Emmanuel tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 14th minute, Lautaro Mancebo 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: 2-1. Lautaro Mancebo scored 2-2 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mariusz Bejgier, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Joel Gaona's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mariusz Bejgier was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Joel Gaona put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Mariusz Bejgier. Dante Lacasa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Colas Morales, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. If Feng Bo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 38 minutes into the match, Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Colas Morales came free, but Dante Lacasa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mariusz Bejgier. Hagfors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. Hagfors's Mariusz Bejgier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Gaona in the 42nd minute of play. In the 42nd match minute, Hagfors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feng Bo to maneuver through the defense. Facundo Cadaval hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. A collision led to Hagfors getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Boris Berglund hit a great ball. The supporters of Hagfors booed when Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Facundo Cadaval didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half Mexico were leading 2-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Herminio Emmanuel to make the kick off. In the 54th match minute, Hagfors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Berglund to maneuver through the defense. Mariusz Bejgier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute. Hagfors's Mariusz Bejgier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Hagfors from getting a goal against them. Mariusz Bejgier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 62nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Lautaro Mancebo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mariusz Bejgier. That made the score 2-5 in the 62 minute of play. Lautaro Mancebos short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Mariusz Bejgier to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 74 minutes into the match, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mariusz Bejgier narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Mexico booed when Hagfors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Konrad Arenberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Joel Gaona took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 79th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mariusz Bejgier. Hagfors's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Herminio Emmanuel in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dante Lacasa saved Mexico from getting behind. Lautaro Mancebos short, quick shot in the 84thth minute got Mariusz Bejgier to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mariusz Bejgier came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo. But to his dismay, Lautaro Mancebo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-7. Mariusz Bejgier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joel Gaona in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Mexico's Lautaro Mancebo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-8. Joel Gaona struck a weak shot in the 95th minute. Mariusz Bejgier didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mexico. Mariusz Bejgier made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Lautaro Mancebo sent off a good shot on target. Mexico's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.