Challenge

Erzincanchester Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Diedrik Morreels started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aleksandr Byrkin during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 5th minute, Innokentiy Makhagonov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 6 minutes into the game, Felix Epishkin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Erzincanchester United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. Felix Epishkin hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Hjalmar Lidström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play. Erzincanchester United's Hjalmar Lidström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 12th minute of play. In the 15th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hjalmar Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hjalmar Lidström 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 19th minute. In the 20th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Erzincanchester United's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Ecuador's Luis Andino getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Hjalmar Lidström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hjalmar Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Felix Montenegro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hjalmar Lidström was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, Erzincanchester United's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Hjalmar Lidström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diedrik Morreelss short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 29th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hjalmar Lidström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Epishkin hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Diedrik Morreels scored to the left of an out of position Julio Vera, making the score, 1-0. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diedrik Morreels in the 38th minute of the match. In the 40thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Erzincanchester United's Hjalmar Lidström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hjalmar Lidström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Hjalmar Lidström didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Agustín Saelices went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 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.

In the 52nd minute, Felix Baranov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hjalmar Lidström made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. David Olenberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 58th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Sancho to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 59th minute. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Hjalmar Lidström made a huge save. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Olenberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hjalmar Lidström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the game, Felix Baranov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Erzincanchester United's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 83rd match minute, Erzincanchester United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Baranov to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diedrik Morreels in the 89th minute of play. A collision led to Erzincanchester United getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Innokentiy Makhagonov hit a great ball.