Challenge

Krasnodar arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Zorita took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Daniel Zorita sped through ФК КрасноДАР's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov. When Ecuador's Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ФК КрасноДАР's goalie prevented a goal. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 13th minute of play forced ФК КрасноДАР's goalkeeper Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that ФК КрасноДАР's Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov managed to reach the ball for a save. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Gerasim Lyutov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Gerasim Lyutov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov having to interfere. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 23rd minute, Filimon Rodimov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera stood somewhat misplaced when Gerasim Lyutov came free in front of goal and shot 1-1 to the left of him in the 26 minute. 29 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Felix Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benjamin Artmann got free with Julio Vera in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 45 minutes of play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gerasim Lyutov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, ФК КрасноДАР's goalkeeper Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Agustín Saelices. The audience thought a goal was coming when Agustín Saelices got free with Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, ФК КрасноДАР's Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 59 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 63 minutes into the match, ФК КрасноДАР's goalkeeper Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ФК КрасноДАР's Luka Gagnidze was substituted for Oleg Aleksandrov. In the 74th minute, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-4. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 81st minute of play. Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 85th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita was extremely unlucky when he, in the 88th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 91st minute of play forced ФК КрасноДАР's goalkeeper Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksandr Abdrakhmanov narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.