Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eddie Smefeldt started the match with the kick off. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Robert Boklund came out and tried to block the shot, but Cristian Sancho slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 3rd minute. If Nils-Emil Ekrot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute, Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Felix Montenegro fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 13 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Boklund was left in no man's land by his defense there! Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Robert Boklund having to interfere. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 23 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Boklund. Robert Boklund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. In the 25th minute, Ralf Svanberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Boklund was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's Robert Boklund proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin from getting a goal against them. In the 38th minute, Agustín Saelices made a precise shot to the right of Robert Boklund. Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. In the 42nd minute, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Robert Boklund. Robert Boklund yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-0. 47 minutes into the match, Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's goalkeeper Robert Boklund had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Boklund. Robert Boklund dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's goalkeeper Robert Boklund, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Robert Boklund took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 70 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Boklund. Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. 85 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Robert Boklund narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 89 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 11-0. Robert Boklund was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 93rd minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mesopotamia Beth-Nahrin's Robert Boklund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 95th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ecuador fully deserved thier win.