Challenge

Norrköpings Parken
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcus Hedström made the kick off which started today's match. The corner led IKS Norrköping's Henry Vennersten to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 5th match minute, IKS Norrköping was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simon Dahlman to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Sigfridsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emanuel Sigfridsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Simon Dahlman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Simon Dahlman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Marcus Hedström sent off a good shot on target. In the 20th minute of the match IKS Norrköping got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Henry Vennersten ran over to the corner to take the kick. IKS Norrköping's Henry Vennersten was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 22nd minute of play forced IKS Norrköping's goalkeeper Emanuel Sigfridsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emanuel Sigfridsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Montenegro in the 24th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Simon Dahlman. When Marcus Hedström came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the IKS Norrköping 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 Marcus Hedström couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by IKS Norrköping's Marcus Hedström. But to his dismay, Marcus Hedström quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. 40 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Sigfridsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

51 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson. Emanuel Sigfridsson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 53 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emanuel Sigfridsson made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Hedström in the 57th minute of play. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 62nd 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. IKS Norrköping's Emanuel Sigfridsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save IKS Norrköping from getting a goal against them. 68 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Dahlman came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. IKS Norrköping's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Henry Vennersten in the 70th minute. The corner ended in Henry Vennersten almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. When Marcus Hedström came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the IKS Norrköping 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 Marcus Hedström couldn't finish the play. Emanuel Sigfridsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Emanuel Sigfridsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Emanuel Sigfridsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 92nd minute of the game. One of IKS Norrköping:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ecuador:s goal. Emanuel Sigfridsson had in the 93rdth minute some difficulties stopping Daniel Zorita's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 93rd minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emanuel Sigfridsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4.