Challenge

Victory Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Boyko Koynov started the match with the kick off. Lyuboslav Fudulov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laureano Medina got free with Julio Vera in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boyko Koynov in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute of the match, Laureano Medina got a very nice opportunity to score, but Julio Vera was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boyko Koynov in the 23rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 24 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ivo Hadzhipetkov who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ecuador's goalie and right to Laureano Medina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ecuador's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 28th play minute Laureano Medina came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Julio Vera. 1-0. Victory FC's Lyuboslav Fudulov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 31st minute of play. Victory FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ivo Hadzhipetkov in the 35th minute. After taking down the ball on Victory FC's corner Svetlan Legomanov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. In the 36th minute of the match Victory FC 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. Ivo Hadzhipetkov ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Victory FC's corner Ivo Hadzhipetkov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

Victory FC's Leif Håkansson was substituted for Damyan Ostrev. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Victory FC's Lyuboslav Fudulov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 52nd minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Victory FC's goalkeeper Lyuboslav Fudulov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. 60 minutes into the match, Victory FC's goalkeeper Lyuboslav Fudulov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. In the 61stth minute of the game Tomislav Batakliev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomislav Batakliev in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Lyuboslav Fudulov made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. After 75 minutes of play, Victory FC's Tzolo Marchovski made it 3-0 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! In the 78th minute, Felix Montenegro 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. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tzolo Marchovski in the 80th minute of play. Tomislav Batakliev spun around in front of the goal 90 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Ecuador's goal. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lyuboslav Fudulov having to interfere. After 94 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montes. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Tomislav Batakliev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Tomislav Batakliev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.