Challenge

六尺巷
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 巩谦雄 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of play. 8 minutes into the game, 陶风城 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 8th match minute, 安徽天柱俱乐部队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 陶风城 to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 10 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. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 巩谦雄 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute, 石松政 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 15th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 巩谦雄 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 苏寒晨 charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 苏寒晨 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute, 苏寒晨 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 石松政 got a free kick in the 17th minute. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by 安徽天柱俱乐部队's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, 胡锋迪 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's supporters rose to their feet, but 胡锋迪 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 27th minute, 苏寒晨 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 巩谦雄 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of play forced 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalkeeper 巩谦雄 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. 巩谦雄 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in 安徽天柱俱乐部队's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 巩谦雄 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 巩谦雄 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 巩谦雄 having to interfere.

In the 51st minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of 巩谦雄. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 安徽天柱俱乐部队's 巩谦雄 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save 安徽天柱俱乐部队 from getting a goal against them. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without 巩谦雄 having to make a save. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. 巩谦雄 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, 巩谦雄 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 巩谦雄 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 巩谦雄 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 75th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with 巩谦雄 in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 巩谦雄 was out of position in the 77 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: 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving 巩谦雄. That made the score 0-5 in the 80 minute of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 巩谦雄 having to interfere. In the 84th minute, 安徽天柱俱乐部队's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 王竞锋 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The 安徽天柱俱乐部队 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.