Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 2 minutes, Anthon Svanér mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kurdish Warriors and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Ecuador booed when FC Kurdish Warriors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthon Svanér didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Niclas Hjälm during the 6th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 6th minute, Niclas Hjälm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wictor Hagström quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Wilhelm Bergström hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita tried to score from far away in the 13th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven-Arne Gustafsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sven-Arne Gustafsson took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Wictor Hagström firmly grabbed it by the left post. Niclas Hjälm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. FC Kurdish Warriors's Wictor Hagström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute of play. Wictor Hagström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of the match. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute. The corner led to Ecuador's Luis Andino getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. With a little luck, FC Kurdish Warriors's Wictor Hagström got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Timmy Hasselqvist got a free kick in the 27th minute. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wictor Hagström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of play. Sven-Arne Gustafsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 36th minute, which Wictor Hagström however easily saved by the left post. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niclas Hjälm in the 40th minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wictor Hagström. FC Kurdish Warriors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.

Anthon Svanér kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kurdish Warriors's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wictor Hagström 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. Wictor Hagström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, 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 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 57th minute of play forced FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Wictor Hagström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 60th minute of play forced FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Wictor Hagström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kurdish Warriors's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wictor Hagström came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Anthon Svanér got a free kick in the 70th minute. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 70th 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. FC Kurdish Warriors's Wictor Hagström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 76th minute of play. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Wictor Hagström, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Niclas Hjälm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ecuador players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.