Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes of play, HALO HANGZHOU's Qian Lin Yu made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 7 minutes, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Montenegro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 9th minute, Daniel Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Du Jie Ran. The goal made the score 1-1. 13 minutes into the game, one of Ecuador:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. 14 minutes into the game, Desislav Sergeev cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Du Jie Ran skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 29th match minute, HALO HANGZHOU was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wu Liang Xu to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 30th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Du Jie Ran could save by the left post. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Du Jie Ran read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Du Jie Ran made a huge save. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after HALO HANGZHOU's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Luis Andino heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 43rd minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Du Jie Ran was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Desislav Sergeev made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Du Jie Ran quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Desislav Sergeev who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Julio Vera when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Du Jie Ran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Qian Lin Yu sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Du Jie Ran was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Du Jie Ran saved HALO HANGZHOU from getting behind. 77 minutes into the match, HALO HANGZHOU's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Du Jie Ran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bo-Erik McNamara in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute of the match Qian Rong shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 84 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daniel Zorita in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Du Jie Ran prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 93 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Arias. HALO HANGZHOU's Wang Chen Hong shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 94th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Julio Vera but with some difficulty. When the final whistle went the supporters of HALO HANGZHOU were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Ecuador side.