Challenge

Söderstadion Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Celedonio Dominguez made the kick off which started today's match. Holger Vester made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to Hammarby IF getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Isaltino Paes hit a great ball. Holger Vester made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of play. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Francesco Totti tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gösta Söderberg in the 19th minute of the match. Holger Vester took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Holger Vester saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Holger Vester showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 31st minute of the match. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 34 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Holger Vester narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Francesco Totti was slow to take the kick. During this time Hammarby IF's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Francesco Totti got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 39 minutes into the match, Hammarby IF's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Holger Vester reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Holger Vester made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Hammarby IF'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. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Holger Vester in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Celedonio Dominguez tried to sneak it across the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Holger Vester narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 49th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Hammarby IF'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. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Hammarby IF's Holger Vester managed to reach the ball for a save. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Holger Vester made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Hammarby IF's Francesco Totti got a free kick in the 56th minute. Hammarby IF's Holger Vester proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Hammarby IF from getting a goal against them. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Francesco Totti in the 67th minute of play. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 74 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Holger Vester was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ola Bremming during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 83 played minutes Hammarby IF got a freekick which was hit by Ola Bremming. In the 83rd minute of the match Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Holger Vester showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Hammarby IF's Holger Vester proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Hammarby IF from getting a goal against them. 86 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Holger Vester. Hammarby IF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Hammarby IF throughout the match.