Challenge

Flower Goal Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marek Panasewicz started the match with the kick off. Karl-Åke Lidström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 2nd minute of the match. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marek Panasewicz's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. After 11 minutes, Arnulfo Ongile mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blomstermåla BK and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Blomstermåla BK's Arnulfo Ongile got a free kick in the 11th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marek Panasewicz got free with Julio Vera in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Karl-Åke Lidström saved Blomstermåla BK from getting behind. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Blomstermåla BK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Karl-Åke Lidström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 19th 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 20th minute. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Karl-Åke Lidström in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Blomstermåla BK getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Zé Domingues hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Karl-Åke Lidström showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 28 minutes, Timoteo Mincho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blomstermåla BK and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th match minute, Blomstermåla BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Mincho to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Arnulfo Ongile came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tim Nordstedt in the 33rd minute. Blomstermåla BK's Karl-Åke Lidström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 41st minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marek Panasewicz went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score.

Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tim Nordstedt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Blomstermåla BK's Timoteo Mincho got a free kick in the 64th minute. Karl-Åke Lidström made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. 70 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Karl-Åke Lidström, 1-3. Blomstermåla BK's Marko Isaksson was substituted for Carl Nordlander. After 74 minutes of play, Blomstermåla BK's Pär Skoglund made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Timoteo Mincho hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marek Panasewicz's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnulfo Ongile in the 88th minute of play. Cristian Sancho hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Pär Skoglund's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. Ecuador played a much better game than Blomstermåla BK and deserved their victory. The Blomstermåla BK players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.