Challenge

Хан Козуря
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Daniel Zorita 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: 0-1. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Knights Templar's Bozhin Palakarchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play. Sava Dodov might have been able to make a better finish in the 11th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Sava Dodov ran back to his position shaking his head. Zlatko Stumbov succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 12th playminute. After some careless play in the Knights Templar defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bozhin Palakarchev. The Knights Templar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bozhin Palakarchev should have stopped the shot. After 19 played minutes Knights Templar got a freekick which was hit by Zlatko Stumbov. The supporters of Knights Templar booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gisbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Rungrueng Rau got a free kick in the 21st minute. Bozhin Palakarchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of the match. Bilyan Púntov charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bilyan Púntov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Bilyan Púntov got a free kick in the 25th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bozhin Palakarchev. Knights Templar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. In the 31st minute, Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Knights Templar's Bozhin Palakarchev didn't even have to move. In the 34th minute, Cristian Sancho 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: 1-4. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sava Dodov in the 39th minute of play. Daniel Zorita scored 1-5 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bozhin Palakarchev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 47 minutes into the match, Knights Templar's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Bozhin Palakarchev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Zlatko Stumbov made the kick off in the second half. Rungrueng Rau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Zlatko Stumbov hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Andino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bozhin Palakarchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bozhin Palakarchev having to make a save. Rungrueng Rau sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatko Stumbov in the 69th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhin Palakarchev having to interfere. Bilyan Púntov hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Knights Templar's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Cristian Sancho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bozhin Palakarchev. That made the score 1-6 after 75 minutes of play. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sava Dodov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Knights Templar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bilyan Púntov didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sava Dodov in the 85th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agustín Saelices sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Bozhin Palakarchev came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-7. In the 94th minute, Zlatko Stumbov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Albert Merodiyski charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Albert Merodiyski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Knights Templar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albert Merodiyski didn't get a good kick on the ball.