Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zé Pedro Montana got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 14 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Neal Wakefield narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 15th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. DaLian MyLord FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Neal Wakefield quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. DaLian MyLord FC's Neal Wakefield proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save DaLian MyLord FC from getting a goal against them. Zé Pedro Montana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Felix Montenegro succeeded in the game's 28th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. When Zé Pedro Montana came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the DaLian MyLord FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zé Pedro Montana couldn't finish the play. In the 38th minute of the match DaLian MyLord FC got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 孔扬翔 ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in 孔扬翔 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. After 41 minutes of play, DaLian MyLord FC's Zé Pedro Montana 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! Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Pedro Montana in the 45th minute of the match. 孔扬翔's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 孔扬翔 helped the player get up and apologised. 48 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Neal Wakefield narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. 55 minutes into the match, DaLian MyLord FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Neal Wakefield reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after DaLian MyLord FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Daniel Zorita was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Neal Wakefield made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 63rd minute of play. Neal Wakefield took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustín Saelices, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zé Pedro Montanas short, quick shot in the 68thth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zé Pedro Montana in the 70th minute. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Neal Wakefield didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Primitivo Andino made in the 76th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cristian Sancho. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Neal Wakefield having to make a save. DaLian MyLord FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 孔扬翔 in the 84th minute. If Zé Pedro Montana had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ecuador had played much better football throughout.