Challenge

San Siro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. 袁潮南 started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 【AC】★御剑堂★leon's Ganga Mena. Ganga Mena was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★leon's goalkeeper Ganga Mena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ganga Mena was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ganga Mena read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. Ganga Mena came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Grégoire Blais in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 24th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ganga Mena 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 袁潮南, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes of play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ganga Mena was left in no man's land by his defense there! 35 minutes into the match, 袁潮南 notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 【AC】★御剑堂★leon were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 楚德烨 took the corner. The corner ended in 楚德烨 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th 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. Ganga Mena breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After the first half Ecuador were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 56th minute of play forced 【AC】★御剑堂★leon's goalkeeper Ganga Mena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute 袁潮南 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. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 楚德烨 was slow to take the kick. During this time 【AC】★御剑堂★leon's players had a chance to rest. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, 楚德烨 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 【AC】★御剑堂★leon's supporters rose to their feet, but 楚德烨 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. 【AC】★御剑堂★leon made a substitution. Jakub Lukowski replaced 史凌岚. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ganga Mena having to interfere. 袁潮南 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ganga Mena made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. In the 81st minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ganga Mena was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. If 袁潮南 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by 楚德烨 in the 89th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, 楚德烨 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. The 【AC】★御剑堂★leon fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.