Challenge

Pokulleva
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Cipriano Sauveur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Cipriano Sauveur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 5 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valdis Felbergs. Black horses's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute of play forced Black horses's goalkeeper Valdis Felbergs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cipriano Sauveur could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Valdis Felbergs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valdis Felbergs was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valdis Felbergs. Valdis Felbergs dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Cipriano Sauveur recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 24thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Black horses's Valdis Felbergs was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cipriano Sauveur's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 28th minute of play. In the 31st minute, one of Ecuador:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Ecuador. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Toma Chinkov was slow to take the kick. During this time Black horses's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Black horses's George Maradona to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Balvis Kiberkalns kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Black horses's Cipriano Sauveur dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Valdis Felbergs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Black horses's Cipriano Sauveur slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Julio Vera. That made the score 2-3 after 42 minutes of play. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cipriano Sauveur in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 59th minute Cipriano Sauveur 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. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cipriano Sauveur in the 60th minute of play. Black horses made a substitution. Atso Joenväärä replaced Jakub Swierczok. A collision led to Black horses getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Andžs Redzobs hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Sauveur in the 65th 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 Cristian Sancho in the 67th minute of play forced Black horses's goalkeeper Valdis Felbergs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Black horses's Balvis Kiberkalns got a free kick in the 69th minute. If Atso Joenväärä had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 76th 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 77 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Toma Chinkov who took care of the corner kick. With his leg Valdis Felbergs managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Cipriano Sauveur managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black horses's supporters rose to their feet, but Cipriano Sauveur was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Black horses's Joakim Kämpe got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cipriano Sauveur, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After a rather tough play, Black horses's Kristiāns Princāns got a free kick in the 92nd minute. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Black horses.