Challenge

Arena Votorantim
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Taylor Swift sent off a good shot on target. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Taylor Swift stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Taylor Swift tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, 陆海烽 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. In the 20th minute of the match Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Cemalettin Yatman showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 陆海烽 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 26th minute, Taylor Swift 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Taylor Swift got free with Julio Vera in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 37th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Primitivo Andino charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Primitivo Andino the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 39th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Andino to maneuver through the defense. In the 40th minute, 陆海烽 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mitnarotov FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Cemalettin Yatman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 43rd minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Taylor Swift fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Julio Vera, passed just outside the right post. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 陆海烽 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Mitnarotov FC's Sylwester Tscherner got a free kick in the 56th minute. 陆海烽 struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mitnarotov FC. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taylor Swift in the 64th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Mitnarotov FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Cemalettin Yatman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 陆海烽's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Anıl Ege Ufuk was slow to take the kick. During this time Mitnarotov FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Mitnarotov FC's corner Anıl Ege Ufuk fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulryk Babicki in the 83rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by Mitnarotov FC's Taylor Swift. But to his dismay, Taylor Swift quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陆海烽 in the 92nd minute of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Mitnarotov FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.