Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cesar Rioja started the match with the kick off. Sergey Sabadash made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. 7 minutes into the game, Mateusz Bochinski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Geo-Winner's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 8th minute Luis Andino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Sabadash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Sergey Sabadash made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Sergey Sabadash in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cesar Rioja in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Sergey Sabadash made a huge save. Rostislav Kravets hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Sabadash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maksim Dunaevskiy struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Geo-Winner. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cesar Rioja in the 43rd minute of play. Geo-Winner's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Veniamin Gorshkov in the 44th minute. The corner led Geo-Winner's Veniamin Gorshkov to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Sergey Sabadash was a little too slow when Cristian Sancho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 2-0.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 56th minute of play forced Geo-Winner's goalkeeper Sergey Sabadash to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Geo-Winner's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Juan Sebastián Puig made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Geo-Winner's Sergey Sabadash managed to reach the ball for a save. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Sergey Sabadash tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 61st minute of play forced Geo-Winner's goalkeeper Sergey Sabadash to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergey Sabadash saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergey Sabadash showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 74th minute of the match. Sergey Sabadash made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 76th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Geo-Winner's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Sergey Sabadash reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergey Sabadash stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Felix Montenegro's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Felix Montenegro put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Sergey Sabadash. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petr Klimovskiy in the 88th minute of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergey Sabadash having to interfere. The Ecuador fans' excitement grew in the 94th match minute when Ecuador's Agustín Saelices looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ecuador fully deserved thier win.