Challenge

San Siro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Petro Shenaj started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Petro Shenaj's shot from short distance in the 2nd minute. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Qiao Si Chao. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qiao Si Chao saved AC Milan from getting behind. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC Milan's goalkeeper Qiao Si Chao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Qiao Si Chao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 17th minute of play forced AC Milan's goalkeeper Qiao Si Chao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Demir Galla got a free kick in the 24th minute. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 25th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Qiao Si Chao. AC Milan's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After having played for 30 minutes, Fuat Mançellari managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AC Milan's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fuat Mançellari was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fuat Mançellaris short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qiao Si Chao having to interfere. Antonio Arias charged in rather forcefully in the 42nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antonio Arias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Antonio Arias hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Petro Shenaj's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. AC Milan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Demir Galla in the 55th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ecuador's goalie and right to Irjat Çeka. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ecuador's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 62nd minute, Fuat Mançellari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Fuat Mançellari got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Qiao Si Chao. The goal made the score 1-1. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petro Shenaj, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irjat Çeka in the 73rd minute of the match. When AC Milan's Petro Shenaj in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 78th minute Petro Shenaj suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. When Antonio Arias was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 78 minutes had been played. AC Milan's Sabian Vato was substituted for Petro Shenaj. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Irjat Çeka's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Qiao Si Chao didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Sabian Vato's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 94th minute of the game.