Challenge

Hagforsen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Joel Gaona kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Lautaro Mancebo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mariusz Bejgier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herminio Emmanuel in the 7th minute of the match. Mariusz Bejgier came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Joel Gaona. But to his dismay, Joel Gaona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Hagfors's Mariusz Bejgier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luca Zorita in the 13th minute of play. Lautaro Mancebo might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mariusz Bejgier. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lautaro Mancebo ran back to his position shaking his head. Mariusz Bejgier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alberto Tafalla went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of play forced Hagfors's goalkeeper Mariusz Bejgier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 25th minute after Hagfors's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luca Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mariusz Bejgier quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 29 minutes into the match, Facundo Cadaval 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 Facundo Cadaval was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After 31 minutes, Herminio Emmanuel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hagfors and the Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 32nd match minute, Hagfors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herminio Emmanuel to maneuver through the defense. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Hagfors's Boris Berglund got a free kick in the 39th minute. Mexico's Alberto Tafalla got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 48th minute Mexico were awarded a corner. Joel Gaona went to the cornerflag to take it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Herminio Emmanuel to make the kick off. Alberto Tafalla took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mariusz Bejgier. Mariusz Bejgier dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Zhan Yang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hagfors's Mariusz Bejgier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Hagfors from getting a goal against them. 60 minutes into the game, Jaime Jaume was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Hagfors's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Mariusz Bejgier had in the 61stth minute some difficulties stopping Joel Gaona's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 63rd minute of the match, Joel Gaona tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Mariusz Bejgier saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Konrad Arenberg kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mariusz Bejgier, 1-6. In the 69th minute, Lautaro Mancebo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mariusz Bejgier. The goal made the score 1-7. After a rather tough play, Hagfors's Konrad Arenberg got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 77th minute of the game, Lautaro Mancebo landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Jaime Jaume got his second yellow card in the match during the 77th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 77 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Hagfors! In the 81st minute, the referee gave Mexico a penalty. Joel Gaona looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Mariusz Bejgier. Mariusz Bejgier made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 85th minute. Mariusz Bejgier 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 87th minute. 88 minutes into the match, Hagfors's goalkeeper Mariusz Bejgier had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bautista Elvira. Alberto Tafalla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Mariusz Bejgier made a huge save. Mariusz Bejgier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Mexico's Luca Zorita got a free kick in the 97th minute. Luca Rouco kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. In the 99th minute, Herminio Emmanuel 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.