Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. 姜光勇 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's 姜光勇 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 12th minute of play. The corner went over the outstretched arms of 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's goalie and right to Luis Andino. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 邓皓风 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. 姜光勇 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Vágner Britto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vágner Britto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 35thth minute of the game Vágner Britto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 邓皓风 was slow to take the kick. During this time 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 邓皓风 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. 邓皓风 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vágner Britto in the 41st minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

In the 51stth minute of the game Vágner Britto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's 姜光勇 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 from getting a goal against them. After having played for 55 minutes, Agustín Saelices managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Agustín Saelices was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner Britto in the 60th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Vágner Britto 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 having played for 67 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Gisbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 made a substitution. Kurt Rolandsson replaced 袁森威. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's Vágner Britto got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 74 minutes into the game, Kurt Rolandsson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 74th match minute, 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kurt Rolandsson to maneuver through the defense. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, 邓皓风 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and 邓皓风 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 81th minute after 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but 姜光勇 in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's Vágner Britto got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队's 姜光勇 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 from getting a goal against them. After 87 played minutes 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 got a freekick which was hit by Kurt Rolandsson. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner Britto in the 89th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The 【粤】佛山黄飞鸿龙狮队 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.