Challenge

Myggvallen
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Charlie Bjurström took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in DFP's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Vallengren came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Joel Vallengren saved DFP from getting behind. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Joel Vallengren. Joel Vallengren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joel Vallengren was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of play forced DFP's goalkeeper Joel Vallengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stefano Lilipaly got free with Julio Vera in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by DFP's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joel Vallengren quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play forced DFP's goalkeeper Joel Vallengren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's attack was well implemented in the 29th minute, but when Daniel Zorita was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. The crowd rose to their feet as Stefano Lilipaly kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julio Vera. That made the score 1-1 in the 32 minute of play. 35 minutes into the game, DFP's Stefano Lilipaly nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Charlie Bjurström tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joel Vallengren having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Joel Vallengren made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. After 59 minutes, Charlie Bjurström made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 64 minutes into the game, Viktor Alebom was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DFP's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefano Lilipaly in the 66th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joel Vallengren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 77th minute of play. Joel Vallengren came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. In the 82nd match minute, DFP was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Viktor Alebom to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charlie Bjurström, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Joel Vallengren, 3-3. After having played for 95 minutes, Charlie Bjurström managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. DFP's supporters crossed their fingers, but Charlie Bjurström was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.