Challenge

Cup2 Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Téo Mello made the kick off which started today's match. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by Cup2's Galin Hadzhiyski. But to his dismay, Galin Hadzhiyski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. After having played for 8 minutes, Galin Hadzhiyski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cup2's supporters crossed their fingers, but Galin Hadzhiyski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristian Sancho scored 1-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseo Moreno, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Eliseo Moreno tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute Dimcho Fuskov 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. Mladen Pashov kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. After 20 played minutes Cup2 got a freekick which was hit by Mladen Pashov. After a defensive mix-up in Cup2's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eliseo Moreno came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 23rd match minute, Cup2 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimcho Fuskov to maneuver through the defense. Eliseo Moreno 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 24th minute. In the 26th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseo Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th minute of the match, Téo Mello tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Julio Vera saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Dimcho Fuskov sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. In the 34th minute, Ecuador's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Téo Mello fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 34th minute, Dimcho Fuskov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo Mello in the 43rd minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute, Dimcho Fuskov 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 3-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

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. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimcho Fuskov in the 59th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimcho Fuskov in the 65th minute of the match. Mladen Pashov kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 68th minute Luis Andino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseo Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Eliseo Moreno in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Eliseo Moreno. The goal made the score 3-2. Cup2's Iskren Nikolchov was substituted for Aleandro Ortiz. 76 minutes into the match, Cup2's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Eliseo Moreno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Cup2 booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The audience was convinced that Téo Mello's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cup2's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eliseo Moreno quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Eliseo Moreno in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Many of Ecuador's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Ecuador may have spent more time on the ball, but Cup2 were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.