Challenge

September
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Detelin Borkov kicked off to start the match. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 5th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gerasim Denishev. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. Lyudmil Kiselichki hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Cristian Sancho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Gerasim Denishev. FC Builder Sofia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 29 minutes, Lyudmil Kiselichki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Builder Sofia and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Ecuador booed when FC Builder Sofia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lyudmil Kiselichki didn't get a good kick on the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gerasim Denishev. FC Builder Sofia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, FC Builder Sofia's Rostislav Atmadzhov got a free kick in the 38th minute. Gerasim Denishev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Detelin Borkov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luis Andino to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, FC Builder Sofia's Albert Penev got a free kick in the 45th minute. In the 47th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasim Denishev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a free kick in the 50th minute. When Detelin Borkov fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Builder Sofia's protests and gave Detelin Borkov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 53rd minute, Detelin Borkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Builder Sofia's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Daniel Zorita scored to the left of an out of position Gerasim Denishev, making the score, 1-4. FC Builder Sofia made a substitution. Veselin Menkov replaced Stanyo Yachovski. After 67 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gerasim Denishev was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Builder Sofia's Gerasim Denishev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save FC Builder Sofia from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute, Felix Montenegro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gerasim Denishev. The goal made the score 1-6. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gerasim Denishev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 78th minute of play forced FC Builder Sofia's goalkeeper Gerasim Denishev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute, Agustín Saelices ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerasim Denishev was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-7. 87 minutes into the game, Agustín Saelices cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-8. Gerasim Denishev was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The FC Builder Sofia fans' excitement grew in the 92nd match minute when FC Builder Sofia's Galin Spiridonov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 95 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Galin Spiridonov came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When FC Builder Sofia's Galin Spiridonov in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th 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 final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Builder Sofia.