Challenge

Lillan
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. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Los Frogos getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Tomas Godholm hit a great ball. Los Frogos's Mattias Jansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 5th minute of play. Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Los Frogos's Christoffer Mårtensson got a free kick in the 8th minute. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Mattias Jansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Los Frogos's Christoffer Mårtensson. But to his dismay, Christoffer Mårtensson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcus Ekblom, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Los Frogos's Mattias Jansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 16th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Los Frogos's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Marcus Ekblom, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Los Frogos getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mieszko Lichorobiec hit a great ball. Julio Vera had great luck who in the 24thth minute grab hold of the ball when Christoffer Mårtensson from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Christoffer Mårtensson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Christoffer Mårtensson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mattias Jansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Mattias Jansson. Los Frogos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Mattias Jansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 35th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Los Frogos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mattias Jansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mattias Jansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 39th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Los Frogos's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mattias Jansson 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. Mattias Jansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 42nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Christoffer Mårtensson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Christoffer Mårtensson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Christoffer Mårtensson made a kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Haldun Bilen 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Mattias Jansson in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 57th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Los Frogos's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Agustín Saelices got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Mattias Jansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Mattias Jansson in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Daniel Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mattias Jansson. The goal made the score 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 62nd minute of play forced Los Frogos's goalkeeper Mattias Jansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Los Frogos defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mattias Jansson. The Los Frogos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mattias Jansson should have stopped the shot. Los Frogos made a substitution. Joseph Johansson replaced Christian Vallin. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christoffer Mårtensson, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christoffer Mårtensson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. After 77 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. When Tomas Godholm came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Los Frogos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tomas Godholm couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Haldun Bilen in the 80th minute of play. Ecuador's Agustín Saelices pulled a muscle in his back after 83 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 83 minutes, Christoffer Mårtensson mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Los Frogos and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ecuador made a substitution. Diego Mancebo replaced Agustín Saelices. In the 84th minute, Christoffer Mårtensson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Los Frogos's Mattias Jansson got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mattias Jansson was a little too slow when Daniel Zorita got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 1-6. The Los Frogos fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.