Challenge

Claude François
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Conceicão kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of play forced Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Matthias Brandin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthias Brandin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 7th minute Isaac Andrews 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. 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 11th minute. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Matthias Brandin in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Felix Montes hit a great ball. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruslan Tikhonov in the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Matthias Brandin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Wang Guang Chuans short, quick shot in the 25thth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 28th of the match, Francisco Conceicão tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Julio Vera got in the way and made a wonderful save. Alexandrie CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ruslan Tikhonov in the 29th minute. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Francisco Conceicão sent off a good shot on target. Alexandrie CF were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ruslan Tikhonov took the corner. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Francisco Conceicão tried to sneak it across the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Ruslan Tikhonov came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthias Brandin having to interfere. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Wang Guang Chuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Alexandrie CF players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

51 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Matthias Brandin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Alexandrie CF's goalkeeper Matthias Brandin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 59th 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. Ignacio Horado hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Francisco Conceicão's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. After 68 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ruslan Tikhonov who took care of the corner kick. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaac Andrews, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute Alexandrie CF were awarded a corner. Ruslan Tikhonov went to the cornerflag to take it. 73 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Wang Guang Chuan came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Alexandrie CF's Francisco Conceicão. But to his dismay, Francisco Conceicão quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. After 81 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of André Franco's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Silvestre Perrando hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. In the 90th minute André Franco 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. After 92 minutes of play, Alexandrie CF's André Franco made it 2-1 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!