Challenge

Lokomоtiv
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Sven Brask made the kick off and thus started the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Brask, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Krum Nikolchov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lokomotiv Plovdiv'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. Antonio Arias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Krum Nikolchov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Zdzislaw Obuchowicz'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. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Lokomotiv Plovdiv's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. After having played for 20 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Slavyan Zanev kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 24 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. 25 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Sven Brask sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Sven Brask reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Julio Vera. The goal made the score 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute of play forced Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goalkeeper Krum Nikolchov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mirolyub Dragoychev, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Krum Nikolchov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of the match. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goalie prevented a goal. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zdzislaw Obuchowicz in the 40th minute. Yulian Florov charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yulian Florov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st minute, Yulian Florov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zdzislaw Obuchowicz'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. Zdzislaw Obuchowicz helped the player get up and apologised. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Krum Nikolchov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 46th minute of play. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 47th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 52ndth minute, Krum Nikolchov skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zdzislaw Obuchowicz in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. In the 62nd minute, Juan Sebastián Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lokomotiv Plovdiv made a substitution. Facundo Nazario replaced Sven Brask. In the 64th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Sebastián Puig to maneuver through the defense. In the 66th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krum Nikolchov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zdzislaw Obuchowicz in the 67th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Zdzislaw Obuchowicz came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krum Nikolchov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A hard shot 75 in the game by Cristian Sancho from a close distance when the talented Krum Nikolchov managed to make a qualified save. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's players were relieved. Zdzislaw Obuchowicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Simon Wells got a free kick in the 87th minute. Krum Nikolchov acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Daniel Zorita. 89 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Facundo Nazario sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 89 minutes into the match, Facundo Nazario notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Nazario, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. After 97 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Hélder Lago who took care of the corner kick. Juan Sebastián Puig tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Julio Vera. An unnecessary self made goal, 3-0 in the 97th minute. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Lokomotiv Plovdiv were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.