Challenge

Estadio Red Proud
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Red Proud FC's Tomáš Pliešovský started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd minute, Red Proud FC's Tomáš Pliešovský dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Red Proud FC's C.J. 张俊朗 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustín Saelices in the 12th minute of play forced Red Proud FC's goalkeeper C.J. 张俊朗 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Cristian Sancho got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. C.J. 张俊朗 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute of the match. After 21 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. C.J. 张俊朗 was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd minute, Fan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. C.J. 张俊朗 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 25th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Felix Montes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 30 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Tomáš Pliešovský came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomáš Pliešovský in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of play forced Red Proud FC's goalkeeper C.J. 张俊朗 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomáš Pliešovský received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Red Proud FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aipytos Stavropoulos in the 44th minute. C.J. 张俊朗 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 46th minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match, Felix Montenegro got a very nice opportunity to score, but C.J. 张俊朗 was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 56th minute, Felix Montenegro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 57 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Tomáš Pliešovský came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomáš Pliešovský, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 64 minutes into the match, Red Proud FC's goalkeeper C.J. 张俊朗 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. 68 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Tomáš Pliešovský came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 68 minutes into the match, Tomáš Pliešovský notched a goal, 3-1, 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. In the 71st minute, Juan Sebastián Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 4-2 when Romeo Lechințan sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The audience was convinced that Tomáš Pliešovský's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. 85 minutes into the match, Red Proud FC's goalkeeper C.J. 张俊朗 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. In the 87th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but C.J. 张俊朗 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomáš Pliešovský's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. C.J. 张俊朗 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 92nd minute. Furo Rede might have been able to make a better finish in the 94th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Furo Rede ran back to his position shaking his head. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Red Proud FC had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.