Challenge

Estadio Anjuli
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zdzislaw Jenkot saved Bangla Desh Fobal Club from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 11th minute of the match Bangla Desh Fobal Club got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Florencio Arnas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Bangla Desh Fobal Club's corner Roberto Lewandowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. If Roberto Lewandowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roberto Lewandowski got free with Julio Vera in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Bangla Desh Fobal Club's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zdzislaw Jenkot 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 19 played minutes Bangla Desh Fobal Club got a freekick which was hit by Raul Eufemio. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zdzislaw Jenkot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 27 minutes in the game Primitivo Andino did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Felix Montenegro. In the 28th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zdzislaw Jenkot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Roberto Lewandowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 37th 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. Roberto Lewandowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roberto Lewandowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roberto Lewandowski in the 43rd minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 54th minute of play forced Bangla Desh Fobal Club's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Jenkot to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roberto Lewandowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roberto Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Bangla Desh Fobal Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Florencio Arnas in the 82nd minute. The corner led Bangla Desh Fobal Club's Wilfredo Jacindo to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 84 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Florencio Arnas who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Florencio Arnas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Raul Eufemio'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. Raul Eufemio helped the player get up and apologised. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Zdzislaw Jenkot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 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.