Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Duarte Abreu made the kick off which started today's match. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Emil Caspersson made a huge save. Agustín Saelices sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute, Maximilian Moberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Emil Caspersson made a huge save. 12 minutes into the game, Felix Montenegro recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Emil Caspersson. Felix Montenegro showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. SS Palestra Italia's Emil Caspersson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 14th minute of play. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emil Caspersson having to interfere. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Emil Caspersson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emil Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emil Caspersson. Emil Caspersson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Duarte Abreu's shot from short distance in the 24th 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 Emil Caspersson quite easily take care of the ball. When SS Palestra Italia's Duarte Abreu in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Daniel Zorita sped through SS Palestra Italia's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Emil Caspersson. After 34 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emil Caspersson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emil Caspersson having to interfere. The supporters of Ecuador booed when SS Palestra Italia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximilian Moberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. SS Palestra Italia's Emil Caspersson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save SS Palestra Italia from getting a goal against them. Emil Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 44th minute of the match. In the 45th minute Duarte Abreu 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. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. After 51 played minutes SS Palestra Italia got a freekick which was hit by Peder Rang. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind SS Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Emil Caspersson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to SS Palestra Italia getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Peder Rang hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrian Bryngelsson in the 57th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Caspersson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 58th minute of play. Duarte Abreu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Abreu in the 65th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Caspersson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 69th minute of play forced SS Palestra Italia's goalkeeper Emil Caspersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emil Caspersson was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. 82 minutes into the match, SS Palestra Italia's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Emil Caspersson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Abreu in the 83rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emílio van Rijswijk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. SS Palestra Italia made a substitution. Karl-Åke Dalkvist replaced Emílio van Rijswijk. Emil Caspersson 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 89th minute. 95 minutes into the match, Duarte Abreu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Duarte Abreu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. When the referee ended the match the Ecuador players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.