Challenge

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita made the kick off and thus started the match. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to interfere. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 15th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 16th minute of the match. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 19 minutes, Vincent Olofsson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Team Rocco's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vincent Olofsson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A well done corner resulted in Agustín Saelices drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind Team Rocco's goalkeeper. 34 minutes into the match, Göran Unesson notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 37th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Vincent Olofsson notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sebastian Nordlund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 44th minute of play forced Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 47th minute of play. Team Rocco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ralf Vase in the 48th minute. A nice corner shot did that Sebastian Nordlund got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Team Rocco's Sven-Edvin Mårtensson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 63rd minute of play. Göran Unesson struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Team Rocco. Allan Malmström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sven-Edvin Mårtensson having to interfere. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Olofsson in the 77th minute of play. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Team Rocco's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. 85 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's goalkeeper Sven-Edvin Mårtensson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 87th minute. Team Rocco's Göran Unesson got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson came out of the goal in the 90th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Team Rocco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sebastian Nordlund didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sven-Edvin Mårtensson made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Sven-Edvin Mårtensson in the 97th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.