Challenge

Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Téo Mello made the kick off and thus started the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Galin Hadzhiyski in the 3rd minute of the match. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valeri Hadzhisotirov in the 24th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Cup2's Téo Mello fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eliseo Moreno. Eliseo Moreno dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of play forced Cup2's goalkeeper Eliseo Moreno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Téo Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Eliseo Moreno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 53 played minutes, Cup2's Valeri Hadzhisotirov shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Cup2 reached it. In the 55thth minute of the game Galin Hadzhiyski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Téo Mello in the 57th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseo Moreno having to interfere. If Galin Hadzhiyski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseo Moreno having to interfere. Valeri Hadzhisotirov hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Valeri Hadzhisotirov's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valeri Hadzhisotirov helped the player get up and apologised. Valeri Hadzhisotirov hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Eliseo Moreno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 88th minute. Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseo Moreno having to interfere. Agustín Saelices charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agustín Saelices the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Cup2 were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.