Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sahit Bajrami kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Camilo Gisbert the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Ecuador protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Camilo Gisbert had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ecuador fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 4th minute. Penalty! In the 7th minute there was a penalty for ÇETA FK. Ekrem Tapa stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Julio Vera. 0-1. Luis Andino hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. 22 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goalkeeper Cătălin Gârniceanu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Cătălin Gârniceanu was out of position in the 22 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: 1-1. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Andino 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. 35 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Saelices came free, but Cătălin Gârniceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind ÇETA FK's goalkeeper Cătălin Gârniceanu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Cătălin Gârniceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 44 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Benjamin Fernado who took care of the corner kick. Benjamin Fernado made a great header on ÇETA FK's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save.

The wind increased when Cristian Sancho made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ÇETA FK's Arenc Tefa got a free kick in the 50th minute. When Zamir Osja fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ÇETA FK's protests and gave Zamir Osja a yellow card for diving instead. After 52 played minutes ÇETA FK got a freekick which was hit by Zamir Osja. In the 54th minute Diego Mancebo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cătălin Gârniceanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Cătălin Gârniceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, ÇETA FK's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Cătălin Gârniceanu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Cătălin Gârniceanu. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cătălin Gârniceanu having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ekrem Tapa, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. When Felix Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 74th 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 Felix Montenegro couldn't finish the play. After 75 minutes, Cristian Sancho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the ÇETA FK players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Lucio Claus ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. ÇETA FK's Jetmir Ruvina was substituted for Sahit Bajrami.