Challenge

Högdalen-Highvalley
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Högdalstippen-Highvalley's Aron Holmgren started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Högdalstippen-Highvalley's Kleon Pallini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 6th minute of play. 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 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Högdalstippen-Highvalley's zone, Felix Montenegro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kleon Pallini came out of the goal and Felix Montenegro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aron Holmgren in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Högdalstippen-Highvalley's goalie prevented a goal. In the 17th minute, Daniel Jacobsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aron Holmgren got free with Julio Vera in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A hard shot 22 in the game by Aron Holmgren from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. A hard shot 22 in the game by Aron Holmgren from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Jacobsson in the 24th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aron Holmgren in the 28th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Högdalstippen-Highvalley's goalkeeper Kleon Pallini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 35 minutes, Mathias Sundberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Högdalstippen-Highvalley and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ecuador's Diego Mancebo was substituted for Agustín Saelices. After having played for 42 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aron Holmgren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zorita was the one to do the kick off. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aron Holmgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 50th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aron Holmgren in the 57th minute of the match. Högdalstippen-Highvalley's Kleon Pallini proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Högdalstippen-Highvalley from getting a goal against them. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Kleon Pallini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kleon Pallini. The goal made the score 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Calle Rolfsson during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Högdalstippen-Highvalley was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Calle Rolfsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 73 minutes into the match, Högdalstippen-Highvalley's goalkeeper Kleon Pallini had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. 74 minutes into the match, Diego Mancebo notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Högdalstippen-Highvalley's Kleon Pallini. Kleon Pallini was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Högdalstippen-Highvalley made a substitution. Casper Hansson replaced Daniel Jacobsson. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kleon Pallini having to interfere. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aron Holmgren's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aron Holmgren in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Aron Holmgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Daniel Zorita's late challenge caught a Högdalstippen-Highvalley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Zorita helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Högdalstippen-Highvalley booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kleon Pallini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 93rd minute of play. Juan Sebastián Puig's late challenge caught a Högdalstippen-Highvalley's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Sebastián Puig helped the player get up and apologised. Aron Holmgren scored 4-2 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Högdalstippen-Highvalley were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.