Challenge

Colosseum Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwo Posadzki in the 3rd minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iwo Posadzki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Sebastian Nánási got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 8th minute, Karl-Oskar Månsson 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 1-0. If Iwo Posadzki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Iwo Posadzki in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, UÅ Mästerbotten's Leif Martinsson got a free kick in the 12th minute. Karl-Magnus Ekrot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 14th minute of the match. 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 17th minute. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd minute, Iwo Posadzki 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. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iwo Posadzki went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 30th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Karl-Magnus Ekrot was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iwo Posadzki, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Karl-Magnus Ekrot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Camilo Gisbert made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Juan Sebastián Puig however managed to control. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Iwo Posadzki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Iwo Posadzki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Iwo Posadzki struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UÅ Mästerbotten. In the 61st minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karl-Magnus Ekrot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwo Posadzki in the 63rd minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwo Posadzki in the 64th minute of play. In the 69th minute of the match UÅ Mästerbotten got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sören Klack ran over to the corner to take the kick. 76 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Iwo Posadzki came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eulalio Xabier in the 81st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Iwo Posadzki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwo Posadzki in the 87th minute of play.