Challenge

Estadio Nacional C V
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pål Sefastsson having to interfere. A sloppy throw-in by Primitivo Andino in the 9th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by National Team Cape-Verde's Cris Montoia. 10 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gürol Atasan. National Team Cape-Verde's Pål Sefastsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute of play. When Gürol Atasan came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the National Team Cape-Verde 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 Gürol Atasan couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gürol Atasan, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. National Team Cape-Verde's Pål Sefastsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of play. Gürol Atasan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. 28 minutes into the match, Gürol Atasan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Julio Vera, 2-0. 32 minutes in the game Primitivo Andino did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Felix Montenegro. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Primitivo Andino got a free kick in the 33rd minute. If Gürol Atasan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. National Team Cape-Verde's Gürol Atasan got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 37th minute, Yin Yang Wei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 40 minutes into the match, National Team Cape-Verde's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Pål Sefastsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. National Team Cape-Verde's Pål Sefastsson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save National Team Cape-Verde from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, National Team Cape-Verde's Pål Sefastsson got control of the ball when Agustín Saelices tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 61st minute Gürol Atasan 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. National Team Cape-Verde's Carlos Alberto Tevez was substituted for Gürol Atasan. Pål Sefastsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Alberto Tevez in the 66th minute of the match. Primitivo Andino kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Alberto Tevez, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henrik Örnberg in the 75th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Alberto Tevez in the 76th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Carlos Alberto Tevez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Alberto Tevez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 79th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Andino to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Carlos Alberto Tevez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. In the 89th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pål Sefastsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 92 played minutes National Team Cape-Verde got a freekick which was hit by Anton Vibjörnsson. 94 minutes into the match, National Team Cape-Verde's goalkeeper Pål Sefastsson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. The National Team Cape-Verde players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.