Challenge

New Ground
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Tyge Oehlerich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of play. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pheonix FC's Tyge Oehlerich did a great save. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Luis Andino sped through Pheonix FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tyge Oehlerich. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 16 played minutes Pheonix FC got a freekick which was hit by Alan Almeida. 17 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tyge Oehlerich narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Pheonix FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vladislav Hampejs didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tyge Oehlerich didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Pheonix FC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Felix Lebel hit a great ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladislav Hampejs in the 26th minute of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tyge Oehlerich having to interfere. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 34th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tyge Oehlerich was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Tyge Oehlerich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 38th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Vladislav Hampejs's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. After 40 minutes, Vladislav Hampejs made it 1-3 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Pheonix FC booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Arias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vladislav Hampejs was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. Pheonix FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladislav Hampejs in the 44th minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Alan Almeida hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vladislav Hampejs stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moritz Holmaa, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute Pheonix FC were awarded a corner. Marcel Militaru went to the cornerflag to take it. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladislav Hampejs in the 57th minute of play. Tyge Oehlerich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Montenegro in the 62nd minute. Pheonix FC's Tyge Oehlerich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 64th minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcel Militaru, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moritz Holmaa in the 69th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Pheonix FC's Jorginho Mello got a free kick in the 72nd minute. 74 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Moritz Holmaa came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladislav Hampejs in the 77th minute of the match. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 82nd minute, which Tyge Oehlerich however easily saved by the left post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Daniel Zorita during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 84 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Tyge Oehlerich in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Montes charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felix Montes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. A collision led to Pheonix FC getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Alan Almeida hit a great ball. The Pheonix FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.