Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daan Leers took the kick off in the first half of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 范彬景 in the 5th minute of play. 范彬景 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Pang Bang Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of play. Pang Bang Xun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute. Daan Leers's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 14th minute of play. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Pang Bang Xun made a huge save. A hard shot 19 in the game by Cristian Sancho from a close distance when the talented Pang Bang Xun managed to make a qualified save. 重庆1997联队's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Pang Bang Xun in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. In the 33rd match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 郑崇谦 in the 34th minute of the match. After 36 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Qiu Yao Cheng who took care of the corner kick. 重庆1997联队's Qiu Yao Cheng 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. With a little luck, 重庆1997联队's Pang Bang Xun got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 42nd minute, 郑崇谦 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 43 minutes, 郑崇谦 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 重庆1997联队 and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 重庆1997联队 getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. 郑崇谦 hit a great ball. Camilo Gisbert kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pang Bang Xun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by 重庆1997联队'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Luis Andino heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Pang Bang Xun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 60th minute of play forced 重庆1997联队's goalkeeper Pang Bang Xun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pang Bang Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 65th minute of play. In the 68th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pang Bang Xun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 69th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 73rd minute, Agustín Saelices 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. Pang Bang Xun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daan Leers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute, 李超森 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pang Bang Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 84th minute of play. Cristian Sancho scored 2-0 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pang Bang Xun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ecuador had played much better football throughout.