Challenge

Øysvoll Stadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Hans-Martin Torvund started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 6 minutes Rock Hard FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 14th minute, Felix Montenegro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Frank Haavik 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. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 18th 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Kenneth Drange showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 20th minute of the match. A collision led to Rock Hard FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Sigve Ramberg hit a great ball. In the 28thth minute of the game Hans-Martin Torvund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sigve Ramberg might have been able to make a better finish in the 33rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sigve Ramberg ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 33rd minute, Hans-Martin Torvund got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 38th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kenneth Drange saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 40th 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Juan Sebastián Puig got a free kick in the 47th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eilert Totland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hans-Martin Torvund, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans-Martin Torvund in the 61st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank Haavik's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frank Haavik helped the player get up and apologised. In the 62nd minute, Frank Haavik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sigve Ramberg in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Tage Øye hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hans-Martin Torvund, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Rock Hard FC's goalkeeper Kenneth Drange, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Sigve Ramberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rock Hard FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sigve Ramberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 78 minutes, Hans-Martin Torvund made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Eilert Totland fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Juan Sebastián Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hans-Martin Torvund in the 88th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans-Martin Torvund in the 91st minute of the match. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, Rock Hard FC could leave the field as winners, despite Ecuador having more of the ball for most of the match.