Challenge

Sangre Combativa
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bernabe Favila kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Bernabe Favila tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 7th minute of play forced Bulldog 07's goalkeeper Egemen Servet to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 10th 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. In the 12th minute, Bernabe Favila 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. Daniel Zorita 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. Bernabe Favila could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Egemen Servet saved Bulldog 07 from getting behind. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 37 minutes into the match, Bernabe Favila had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernabe Favila was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 47th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Servet saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd 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. Egemen Servet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Egemen Servet took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bulldog 07 made a substitution. Serafin Olo replaced Bernabe Medina. Bulldog 07's Paşa Ali Karahan was substituted for Bernabe Favila. Paşa Ali Karahan might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Paşa Ali Karahan ran back to his position shaking his head. 66 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Paşa Ali Karahan came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Paşa Ali Karahan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Egemen Servet made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paşa Ali Karahan's shot from short distance in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the game, Paşa Ali Karahan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Bulldog 07 players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.