Challenge

Stadion IRKUT
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Спартак's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Aleksandr Sibirev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind Спартак's goalkeeper Aleksandr Sibirev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Спартак's Aleksandr Sibirev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute of play. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aleksandr Sibirev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 11th minute of play. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aleksandr Sibirev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Sibirev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Aleksandr Sibirev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Sibirev having to interfere. Aleksandr Sibirev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vitaliy Eliseev got free with Julio Vera in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Sibirev having to interfere. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 43rd 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. The Спартак players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Vitaliy Eliseev made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Спартак'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. At last the ball reached Felix Montenegro at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Спартак. 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Armin Mustakivi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Armin Mustakivi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Sibirev having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksandr Sibirev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 70th minute Albert Schegodskiy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vitaliy Eliseev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Aleksandr Sibirev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Aleksandr Sibirev however easily saved by the left post. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after Спартак's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Спартак's Aleksandr Sibirev managed to reach the ball for a save. Спартак's Aleksandr Sibirev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Спартак from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Aleksandr Sibirev in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Спартак was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elizardo Corrales didn't get a good kick on the ball.