Challenge

Kjöligruben Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ali Nejat Özsungur took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cheng Qiang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 3rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ali Nejat Özsungur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ali Nejat Özsungur's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. A nice corner shot did that Rafa Figueiredo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 12 minutes into the match, team pollen's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Cheng Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over 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 Fredrik Aalvik in the 18th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, team pollen's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Cheng Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Primitivo Andino got a free kick in the 25th minute. After 26 played minutes, team pollen's Rafa Figueiredo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in team pollen reached it. In the 28th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cheng Qiang was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when team pollen's Ali Nejat Özsungur shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 34th match minute, team pollen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nacho Zafirov to maneuver through the defense. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cheng Qiang having to make a save. In the 37th minute, Felix Montenegro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 42nd minute Fredrik Aalvik 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. Fredrik Aalvik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. The supporters of team pollen booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Arias didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheng Qiang having to interfere. When team pollen's Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. 69 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Fredrik Aalvik came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Cheng Qiang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Cheng Qiang made a huge save. 74 minutes into the game, Felix Montenegro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Cheng Qiang. Felix Montenegro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Cheng Qiang made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheng Qiang having to interfere. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ali Nejat Özsungur's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. After 85 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rafa Figueiredo who took care of the corner kick. Anselmo Jaen was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 90th minute of play. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ali Nejat Özsungur, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The team pollen fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.