Challenge

Stadium of Light
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trpimir Efendić having to interfere. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Trpimir Efendić was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After 8 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. Trpimir Efendić was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mirko Vuković sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bekir Pozegić hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Trpimir Efendić was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Trpimir Efendić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 18th minute of play. 0-4 became the score in the 19th minute when Felix Montenegro elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Trpimir Efendić didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita suffered a sore knee after 27 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 27 minutes, Sredoje Gudelj mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sanderlend and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Sanderlend getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Sredoje Gudelj hit a great ball. In the 29th minute, Felix Montenegro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Sanderlend's Trpimir Efendić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 34th minute of play. Trpimir Efendić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felix Montenegro took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Trpimir Efendić. Trpimir Efendić dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. Luz Palacio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 42nd minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. 45 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Sanderlend's Trpimir Efendić. Trpimir Efendić was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luz Palacio to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Luz Palacio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Trpimir Efendić. Sanderlend's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luz Palacio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Andino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Trpimir Efendić breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With his leg Trpimir Efendić managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Ecuador's Luz Palacio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 60 minutes into the game, Juan Sebastián Puig recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Trpimir Efendić. Juan Sebastián Puig showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-10. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Trpimir Efendić came out and tried to block the shot, but Felix Montenegro slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 63rd minute. After 69 minutes of play, Ecuador's Luz Palacio made it 0-12 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Trpimir Efendić was left in no man's land by his defense there! 72 minutes in the game, Cristian Sancho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Trpimir Efendić having to interfere. If Luz Palacio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 75 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Trpimir Efendić, 0-13. Trpimir Efendić made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Agustín Saelices sent off a good shot on target. Sanderlend were furious when Bešir Husanović was red carded, 81 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Bešir Husanović kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After having played for 83 minutes, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Montenegro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Trpimir Efendić managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Ecuador's Luz Palacio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Trpimir Efendić didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luz Palacio got free with Trpimir Efendić in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 94th minute there was a penalty for Sanderlend. Paja Gagro stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Julio Vera. 1-13. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.