Challenge

Strandvallen Arenan
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arvin Aspengren got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play forced MJÄLLBY STARS's goalkeeper Lucas Heggert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arvin Aspengren in the 4th minute of the match. MJÄLLBY STARS were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gert Nordgren took the corner. The corner ended in Gert Nordgren almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. Jan Blomkvist kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 13th minute Arvin Aspengren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Polentzi Sordo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 17 played minutes MJÄLLBY STARS got a freekick which was hit by Jan Blomkvist. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Polentzi Sordo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Polentzi Sordo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arvin Aspengren in the 23rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arvin Aspengren in the 24th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arvin Aspengren, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Jens-Erik Lundin kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita, 35 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Polentzi Sordo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Polentzi Sordo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 43rd minute, Arvin Aspengren made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 47th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gert Nordgren in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arvin Aspengren in the 55th minute of play. After 56 minutes of play, MJÄLLBY STARS's Arvin Aspengren made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arvin Aspengren took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 67th minute Kutluay Lebib shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Lucas Heggert threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Daniel Zorita this time. Kutluay Lebib fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Felix Montenegro succeeded in the game's 80th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. Lucas Heggert didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Lucero in the 88th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. MJÄLLBY STARS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.