Challenge

Grönvallen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fredric Johnsson made the kick off which started today's match. When Grönlands SK's Fredric Johnsson in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Filip Pilberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fredric Johnsson in the 17th minute of the match. After 19 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Felix Ekerot who took care of the corner kick. Felix Ekerot made a great header on Grönlands SK's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. 21 minutes into the game, Grönlands SK's Fredric Johnsson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Luis Andino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Filip Pilberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fredric Johnsson in the 27th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fredric Johnsson in the 29th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grönlands SK's Filip Pilberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute of play. Filip Pilberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Agustín Saelices managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 36 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Grönlands SK's Filip Pilberg. Filip Pilberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Ecuador 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Filip Pilberg having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After a rather tough play, Grönlands SK's Isac Hellsing got a free kick in the 54th minute. Luis Andino might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Filip Pilberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luis Andino ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 56th minute, Christopher Lövkvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 57th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Filip Pilberg but with some difficulty. Gottfrid Engström hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Filip Pilberg came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Filip Pilberg was a little too slow when Cristian Sancho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 65th minute. The score was now 1-3. 68 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Filip Pilberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredric Johnsson in the 69th minute of play. If Fredric Johnsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Filip Pilberg in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Filip Pilberg made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Luis Andino sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Filip Pilberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. 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.