Challenge

JLM Zunni Club
Spectators: 51 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcus-Vinícius Berg got the match started through his kick off. After some careless play in the Magen David defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aki Pego. The Magen David fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aki Pego should have stopped the shot. 7 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcus-Vinícius Berg. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Marcus-Vinícius Berg sent off a good shot on target. If Aksel Medelsheim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dekel Glas was slow to take the kick. During this time Magen David's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to Magen David getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Giora Hamburg hit a great ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. In the 28th minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Aki Pego. Magen David's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Marcus-Vinícius Berg's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Julio Vera firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus-Vinícius Berg got free with Julio Vera in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aki Pego breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Magen David players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-2.

Magen David made a substitution. Jedaiah Sakhai replaced Marcus-Vinícius Berg. The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. Jedaiah Sakhai received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Magen David's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. In the 61st minute, Yu Liang Ao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Magen David's Mariuss Cernītis was substituted for Xano Maaholm. In the 63rd match minute, Magen David was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yu Liang Ao to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedaiah Sakhai in the 66th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aki Pego having to interfere. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Ecuador 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boyde Bleazard in the 80th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jedaiah Sakhai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jedaiah Sakhai, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boyde Bleazard in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Sancho to maneuver through the defense. Jedaiah Sakhai scored 1-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Magen David fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.