Challenge

Savannah of Africa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cheetah Team's goalkeeper Claes Caspersson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valter Mellin's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. After 18 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Egon Ahlbom who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Cheetah Team's Valter Mellin to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 23rd minute of the game Camilo Gisbert made a throw-in which Luis Andino played forward. Cheetah Team's Claes Caspersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play. Claes Caspersson 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 30th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valter Mellin, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Claes Caspersson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Cheetah Team's Tim Askberg was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 46 minutes into the match, Valter Mellin notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The audience was convinced that Dick Forssell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Claes Caspersson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristian Sancho's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dick Forssell in the 67th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Cheetah Team's goalkeeper Claes Caspersson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Cheetah Team's Claes Caspersson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Cheetah Team from getting a goal against them. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cheetah Team'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. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Agustín Saelices got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-2. 72 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dick Forssell in the 77th minute of the match. Valter Mellin blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. 83 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Valter Mellin came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sivert Nord charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sivert Nord the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The Cheetah Team fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.