Challenge

Árviesjávrrie Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ian Odén got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Arvidsjaur FF's Felix Möller got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 6 played minutes Arvidsjaur FF got a freekick which was hit by Felix Möller. 10 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou. Takis Zafiriou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Takis Zafiriou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 16th minute of play. Ian Odén fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dante Lacasa having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lautaro Mancebo in the 25th minute of play forced Arvidsjaur FF's goalkeeper Takis Zafiriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 26th minute of play. Takis Zafiriou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Gaona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luca Rouco got a throw-in 30 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Joel Gaona. 32 minutes into the match, Arvidsjaur FF's Ian Odén sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dante Lacasa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Arvidsjaur FF's zone, Alberto Tafalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Takis Zafiriou came out of the goal and Alberto Tafalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rd match minute, Mexico was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luca Rouco to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Joel Gaona was the one to do the kick off. 51 minutes into the game, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Takis Zafiriou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Joel Gaona managed to get in a good position for a shot. Mexico's supporters rose to their feet, but Joel Gaona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Takis Zafiriou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Arvidsjaur FF from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ian Odén in the 59th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dante Lacasa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ian Odén, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Cadaval in the 65th minute of play. Takis Zafiriou came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Facundo Cadaval. But to his dismay, Facundo Cadaval quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Facundo Cadaval could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Takis Zafiriou made a huge save. Dante Lacasa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ian Odén in the 72nd minute of play. Macos Graciani made in the 74th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Facundo Cadaval. In the 75th minute, Joel Gaona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Takis Zafiriou was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 79 minutes into the match, Arvidsjaur FF's goal looked a bit too open when Lorenzo Cazalla came free, but Takis Zafiriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Takis Zafiriou stood somewhat misplaced when Alberto Tafalla came free in front of goal and shot 0-5 to the left of him in the 86 minute. In the 89th minute, Lautaro Mancebo made a precise shot to the right of Takis Zafiriou. Arvidsjaur FF's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Mexico's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.