Challenge

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Arendarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Meng Yan Jing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilbert Gorzkiewicz in the 7th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Abandon All Hope's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 11th minute, Artur Marajda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute Michal Arendarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Abandon All Hope's Michal Arendarski in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 13th minute, Ye Hong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Meng Yan Jing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 15th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Gilbert Gorzkiewicz took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Julio Vera to make any attempt to save it. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michal Arendarski in the 23rd minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Abandon All Hope was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Uchiha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Meng Yan Jing read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Michal Arendarski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Meng Yan Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 35th minute of the match. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Michal Arendarski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 43rdth minute tested the skills of Julio Vera when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 47th minute, Ye Hong hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Michal Arendarski to make the kick off. Jiang Sang Qing hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. In the 52nd match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. Abandon All Hope's Jiang Sang Qing was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michal Arendarski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michal Arendarski in the 59th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Montenegro came free, but Meng Yan Jing reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Meng Yan Jing quite easily take care of the ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michal Arendarski in the 65th minute of play. Meng Yan Jing made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 69th minute. After having played for 70 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michal Arendarski in the 75th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michal Arendarski in the 76th minute of the match. Lucjan Borczak hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. After 81 minutes Abandon All Hope'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. The supporters of Abandon All Hope booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Montes didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Abandon All Hope's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Abandon All Hope's Meng Yan Jing played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 91st minute of play. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Agustín Saelices during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense.