Challenge

Kjöligruben Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ali Nejat Özsungur started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cheng Qiang was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Ecuador booed when team pollen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dennis Stokkeland didn't get a good kick on the ball. team pollen's Cheng Qiang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of play. Simen Figenschou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 22nd minute of play forced team pollen's goalkeeper Cheng Qiang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 25th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Nejat Özsungur came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Ecuador booed when team pollen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fredrik Aalvik didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cheng Qiang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The audience was convinced that Fredrik Aalvik's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. The team pollen players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 52ndth minute got Cheng Qiang to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cheng Qiang having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nejat Özsungur in the 61st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, team pollen's Cheng Qiang got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fredrik Aalvik in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Cheng Qiang made a huge save. 76 minutes into the match, team pollen's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Cheng Qiang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredrik Aalvik, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 86th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Cheng Qiang didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. After having played for 91 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anselmo Jaen in the 93rd minute of the match. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anselmo Jaen's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than team pollen throughout the match.