Challenge

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emanuel Mălăele started the match with the kick off. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Boaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Petruț Boaru came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Petruț Boaru took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petruț Boaru in the 10th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of the match. After 25 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein was left in no man's land by his defense there! 27 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Petruț Boaru, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emanuel Mălăele. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After 43 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. In the 44th minute, Pryaporets's Song Di Xu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Julio Vera. Julio Vera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-3. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute of the match Pryaporets got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. A.J. 黄振 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Song Di Xu in the 62nd minute of the match. Felix Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein made a huge save. After 65 minutes Pryaporets's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. 71 minutes into the match, Pryaporets's Song Di Xu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 75th minute, Primitivo Cayuela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pryaporets made a substitution. Atilla Ceberut replaced Primitivo Cayuela. After 77 played minutes Pryaporets got a freekick which was hit by Primitivo Cayuela. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Candakausika von Buol-Schaudenstein having to make a save. When Pryaporets's Song Di Xu in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Song Di Xu in the 86th minute of play. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 88th 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. If Sten Svanström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Pryaporets throughout the match.