Challenge

Хан Козуря
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Felix Montenegro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Bozhin Palakarchev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 6 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Bozhin Palakarchev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Knights Templar getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Bilyan Púntov hit a great ball. Sava Dodov was extremely unlucky when he, in the 12th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Vladislav Haydushki got a free kick in the 14th minute. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 14th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bozhin Palakarchev. Knights Templar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Knights Templar's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bozhin Palakarchev came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 21 minutes into the match, Knights Templar's Sava Dodov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 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. In the 27th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bozhin Palakarchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bozhin Palakarchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play. After 30 minutes of play, Ecuador's Luis Andino made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bozhin Palakarchev was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vladislav Haydushki charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vladislav Haydushki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Vladislav Haydushki kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After 38 minutes, Agustín Saelices made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Knights Templar's Bozhin Palakarchev tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhin Palakarchev having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zlatko Stumbov to make the kick off. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Bilyan Púntov kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Albert Merodiyski charged in rather forcefully in the 59th 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. After 60 played minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Bozhin Palakarchev 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 Ecuador reached it. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Bilyan Púntov got a free kick in the 61st minute. Rungrueng Rau fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Knights Templar's Bozhin Palakarchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Knights Templar from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zlatko Stumbov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Knights Templar's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bozhin Palakarchev came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 74th minute, Knights Templar's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cristian Sancho fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 76 minutes of play Knights Templar's Bilyan Púntov was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Knights Templar's Bilyan Púntov got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Luis Andino fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. With a little luck, Knights Templar's Bozhin Palakarchev got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 81st 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: 0-5. Knights Templar's Albert Merodiyski got his second yellow card of the match in the 84th minute. The referee ordered Albert Merodiyski off the ground. In the 84th minute, Albert Merodiyski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bozhin Palakarchev having to make a save. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bozhin Palakarchev having to interfere. After having played for 92 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Bozhin Palakarchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Daniel Zorita hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Knights Templar.