Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) 5 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Diyan Svilarov came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dobri Pipkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 15th minute Dobri Pipkov 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. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Цървена звезда was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lilko Shentov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 19 minutes Цървена звезда'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. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Ecuador's Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute got a chance for a shot 28th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Цървена звезда's goalie prevented a goal. Diyan Svilarovs short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobri Pipkov in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Цървена звезда booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zapryan Sachanski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Zapryan Sachanski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 45th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Dobri Pipkov made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Dobri Pipkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zapryan Sachanski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 57th minute. Цървена звезда's Dobri Pipkov got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Daniel Zorita succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-1 in the 64th playminute. In the 67th minute, Felix Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Zapryan Sachanski. Цървена звезда's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. If Diyan Svilarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Цървена звезда from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Цървена звезда was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arso Kenarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 77 minutes into the match, Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felix Montenegro. 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 78th minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski managed to reach the ball for a save. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diyan Svilarov in the 83rd minute of play. After 90 played minutes, Цървена звезда's Violet Vrúblyanski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Цървена звезда reached it. Zapryan Sachanski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 91st minute. Juan Sebastián Puig's late challenge caught a Цървена звезда's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Sebastián Puig helped the player get up and apologised. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match.