Challenge

Hölö IP
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute. 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 Bengt-Åke Fågel quite easily take care of the ball. In the 16th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bengt-Åke Fågel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After having played for 24 minutes, Ulrik Bengtsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hölö Mörkö IF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ulrik Bengtsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hölö Mörkö IF'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 29 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bengt-Åke Fågel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Ahlström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 33rd match minute, Hölö Mörkö IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Georg Lindberg to maneuver through the defense. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bengt-Åke Fågel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Hölö Mörkö IF's Mikael Ahlström in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. After 38 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. Bengt-Åke Fågel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bengt-Åke Fågel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play. Hölö Mörkö IF's Bengt-Åke Fågel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bengt-Åke Fågel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mikael Ahlström to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulrik Bengtsson in the 50th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Antonio Arias hit a great ball. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With his leg Bengt-Åke Fågel managed to avoid a goal in the 54thth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Hölö Mörkö IF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicolae Onea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bengt-Åke Fågel made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Gösta Säf hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Felix Montenegro hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Bengt-Åke Fågel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hölö Mörkö IF'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. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Hölö Mörkö IF's Bengt-Åke Fågel managed to reach the ball for a save. When the match clock showed 67 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Cristian Sancho sped through Hölö Mörkö IF's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bengt-Åke Fågel. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bengt-Åke Fågel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 72 played minutes Hölö Mörkö IF got a freekick which was hit by Georg Lindberg. Daniel Zorita scored 0-6 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bengt-Åke Fågel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 81stth minute of the game Richard Almkvist who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Richard Almkvist in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 83rd minute Nicolae Onea 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. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, Georg Lindberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Hölö Mörkö IF's Philip Gunnarsson got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 92nd match minute, Hölö Mörkö IF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gösta Säf to maneuver through the defense. Cristian Sancho scored 0-8 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bengt-Åke Fågel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.