Challenge

Športni Park Gorica
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) In the 5th minute, Daniel Zorita left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Konstantin Pančur made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Konstantin Pančur made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After having played for 15 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. Konstantin Pančur showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 17th minute of the match. Konstantin Pančur took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Ecuador fans' excitement grew in the 27th match minute when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duško Turnšek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. HIT Gorica's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Duško Turnšek in the 34th minute. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Duško Turnšek sent off a good shot on target. Duško Turnšek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zlatko Goričan in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Duško Turnšek put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Antoni Zdrojewski'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. Antoni Zdrojewski helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Antoni Zdrojewski got a free kick in the 55th minute. HIT Gorica made a substitution. Istok Šabotić replaced Duško Turnšek. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Antoni Zdrojewski got a free kick in the 57th minute. Istok Šabotić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Daniel Zorita fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Konstantin Pančur, passed just outside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Istok Šabotić in the 62nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but HIT Gorica's Konstantin Pančur did a great save. The audience was convinced that Luis Andino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Konstantin Pančur was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. HIT Gorica made a substitution. Rastislav Tomič replaced Jernej Petrovič. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zlatko Goričan in the 81st minute of play. 83 minutes into the match, HIT Gorica's goalkeeper Konstantin Pančur had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Istok Šabotić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Istok Šabotić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The HIT Gorica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Daniel Zorita hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.