Challenge

Pärleporten
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Michael Finman kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute of play forced Sundets Pärla FC's goalkeeper Dan Söderström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dan Söderström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of the match. Dan Söderström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of play. Dan Söderström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dan Söderström came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dan Söderström 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. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when Sundets Pärla FC's Michael Finman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Dan Söderström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 25th minute of the match. Dan Söderström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 27th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sundets Pärla FC's Tomas Blom got a free kick in the 28th minute. After 28 played minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dan Söderström came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ecuador reached it. Julio Vera was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Michael Finman showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 29 minute of play. Erik Berggren'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. Erik Berggren helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Sundets Pärla FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Erik Berggren hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 34th minute of play forced Sundets Pärla FC's goalkeeper Dan Söderström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Sundets Pärla FC's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Michael Finman, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sundets Pärla FC's Dan Söderström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of play. When Sundets Pärla FC's Michael Finman in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dan Söderström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. When Sundets Pärla FC's Ivar Kielberg in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 56 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 58th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Dan Söderström was out of position in the 60 minute of play, and Cristian Sancho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristian Sancho really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. 69 minutes into the match, Sundets Pärla FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Dan Söderström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 69 minutes into the game, Clodoveo Fliz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sundets Pärla FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. A collision led to Sundets Pärla FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Clodoveo Fliz hit a great ball. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 72nd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Söderström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after Sundets Pärla FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mikael Hammarbäck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dan Söderström made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. In the 84th 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. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Dan Söderström however easily saved by the left post. Cristian Sancho scored 1-3 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dan Söderström, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dan Söderström came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. A collision led to Sundets Pärla FC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Ivar Kielberg hit a great ball. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.