Challenge

Árviesjávrrie Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th 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. After 5 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zbyszek Pliszka who took care of the corner kick. 7 minutes into the match, Arvidsjaur FF's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Takis Zafiriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Takis Zafiriou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of play. A collision led to Arvidsjaur FF getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Alexander Vennersten hit a great ball. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Arvidsjaur FF's goalkeeper Takis Zafiriou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Ian Odén left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arvidsjaur FF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 32 minutes into the match, Arvidsjaur FF's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Takis Zafiriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Arvidsjaur FF's Börje Wennerberg got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 34 minutes into the match, Arvidsjaur FF's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Takis Zafiriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Takis Zafiriou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of play. Ian Odén could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Júlio Viveiros hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Takis Zafiriou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute, Börje Wennerberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 42nd minute of play forced Arvidsjaur FF's goalkeeper Takis Zafiriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Ecuador's Daniel Zorita in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Arvidsjaur FF's goalie prevented a goal. Takis Zafiriou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after Arvidsjaur FF's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou did a great save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ian Odén to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 54th minute of play forced Arvidsjaur FF's goalkeeper Takis Zafiriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Luis Andino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. With a little luck, Arvidsjaur FF's Takis Zafiriou got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 59 minutes into the game, when Antonio Arias put in a rough tackle. The audience was convinced that Agustín Saelices's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Takis Zafiriou was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Takis Zafiriou made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Agustín Saelices sent off a good shot on target. Júlio Viveiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Takis Zafiriou in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 80th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Arvidsjaur FF made a substitution. Roland Åhman replaced Zbyszek Pliszka. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Takis Zafiriou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Arvidsjaur FF had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.