Challenge

Thunderdome
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, U21 Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Mutumba came free, but Ciriaco Hernando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute Segundo Balendin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcus Ekrot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Faas Wilkes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciriaco Hernando having to interfere. Segundo Balendin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vykans Vikingar's Marcus Ekrot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Segundo Balendin in the 19th minute of play. Ciriaco Hernando showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Mutumba, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Marcus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Segundo Balendin in the 22nd minute of play. Faas Wilkes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Ciriaco Hernando made a huge save. Segundo Balendin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Ekrot having to interfere. 34 minutes into the match, Vykans Vikingar's Faas Wilkes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciriaco Hernando narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Vykans Vikingar's Jose Indalecio got a free kick in the 35th minute. Martin Mutumba's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ciriaco Hernando read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 37th minute of play. U21 Mexico's Ciriaco Hernando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faas Wilkes in the 38th minute of play. Ciriaco Hernando made an important save on a dangerous shot by Faas Wilkes in the 42nd minute. Marcus Ekrot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Hurko in the 46th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Mexico getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Saverio Hurko hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Segundo Balendin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Segundo Balendin got free with Marcus Ekrot in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ciriaco Hernando didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Faas Wilkes went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Vykans Vikingar made a substitution. Börje Stål replaced Hugo Eden. Vykans Vikingar's Bengt-Arne Haglund was substituted for Faas Wilkes. After 60 played minutes U21 Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Emil Duszenski. The audience was convinced that Bengt-Arne Haglund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ciriaco Hernando was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. After 66 played minutes U21 Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Esteve Kusko. U21 Mexico's Gerardo Lia was substituted for Saverio Hurko. In the 68th minute, Esteve Kusko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 69 minutes into the match, U21 Mexico's goal looked a bit too open when Bengt-Arne Haglund came free, but Ciriaco Hernando reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciriaco Hernando stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bengt-Arne Haglund's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. In the 82nd minute of the match Vykans Vikingar got a corner. U21 Mexico's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fernan Berart ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Bengt-Arne Haglund had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. U21 Mexico's Ciriaco Hernando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 91st minute of play. U21 Mexico's Ciriaco Hernando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bengt-Arne Haglund in the 93rd minute of play. The supporters of U21 Mexico booed when Vykans Vikingar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoffer Johansson didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Vykans Vikingar had won after a very even match.