Challenge

Finninge Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. 5 minutes into the match, Finninge Fotboll's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Fredric Ahlén reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fredric Ahlén breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Andrew Baller came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Finninge Fotboll 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 Andrew Baller couldn't finish the play. Finninge Fotboll's Fredric Ahlén played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Finninge Fotboll's Boris Nordgren got a free kick in the 31st minute. Andrew Baller took the ball and in the 36 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 1-1. Richard Liljeström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrew Baller was the one to do the kick off. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrew Baller in the 51st minute of the match. 52 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Henning Kempf was slow to take the kick. During this time Finninge Fotboll's players had a chance to rest. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrew Baller in the 57th minute of play. With a little luck, Finninge Fotboll's Fredric Ahlén got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Fredric Ahlén made a huge save. In the 73rd minute, Cristian Sancho 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. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fredric Ahlén firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 75th minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrew Baller in the 84th minute of play. 87 minutes had been played when some careless play by Finninge Fotboll'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. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Finninge Fotboll's Fredric Ahlén did a great save. In the 89th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Finninge Fotboll'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. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montenegro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fredric Ahlén quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Cristian Sancho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fredric Ahlén. That made the score 1-4 after 93 minutes of play. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Finninge Fotboll throughout the match.