Challenge

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bagarby Bollklubb's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Gaona was slow to take the kick. During this time Mexico's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Joel Gaona got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stefan Josefsson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Leonardo Leoz kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alberto Tafalla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Stefan Josefsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Joel Gaona had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefan Josefsson. Bagarby Bollklubb's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joel Gaona was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Stefan Josefsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto Tafalla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Bagarby Bollklubb defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stefan Josefsson. The Bagarby Bollklubb fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stefan Josefsson should have stopped the shot. Lautaro Mancebo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Kåre Lundgren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bagarby Bollklubb's supporters rose to their feet, but Kåre Lundgren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dante Lacasa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some careless play in the Mexico defense, Ludomil Nowakowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dante Lacasa. The Mexico fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dante Lacasa should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The wind increased when Corneliu Ciorobîtcă made the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 51 minutes, Dante Lacasa successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Dante Lacasa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Corneliu Ciorobîtcă showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 53 minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Bagarby Bollklubb's goal looked a bit too open when Lautaro Mancebo came free, but Stefan Josefsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Luque hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Dante Lacasa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Brun in the 63rd minute. Joel Gaona received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Stefan Josefsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stefan Josefsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 70th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bagarby Bollklubb's Sten Sjödin got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 78th minute, Emanuel Brun left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bagarby Bollklubb fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Stefan Josefsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Mancebo in the 84th minute of the match. Stefan Josefsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 88th minute of play. Bagarby Bollklubb's Stefan Josefsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 88th minute of play. Stefan Josefsson 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 92nd minute. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 94th minute after Bagarby Bollklubb's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner led Mexico's Joel Gaona to fire away a dangerous shot which Stefan Josefsson despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.