Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ernest Cumpanașu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernest Cumpanașu in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Toader Vlădean was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cosmin Rădescu in the 9th minute of the match. 10 minutes into the game, Alin Haidău was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Henger ATI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. After 10 played minutes FC Henger ATI got a freekick which was hit by Alin Haidău. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Toader Vlădean made a huge save. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Henger ATI'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. In the 20th match minute, FC Henger ATI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laurențiu Chiriță to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Toader Vlădean in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Toader Vlădean showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Toader Vlădean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play. Toader Vlădean took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toader Vlădean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 41st minute of play. In the 43rd 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. After 46 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zorita was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toader Vlădean saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Henger ATI's Toader Vlădean was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Toader Vlădean made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 59th minute of play. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernest Cumpanașu got free with Julio Vera in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC Henger ATI's Toader Vlădean played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 65th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th minute, Cosmin Rădescu managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Henger ATI's supporters rose to their feet, but Cosmin Rădescu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 68 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of FC Henger ATI's Toader Vlădean. Toader Vlădean was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. FC Henger ATI's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cosmin Rădescu in the 72nd minute. The corner ended in Cosmin Rădescu almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. After having played for 74 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita 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 Dumitru Ababei in the 77th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 77 minutes of play, FC Henger ATI's Dumitru Ababei 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! In the 80th match minute, FC Henger ATI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dumitru Ababei to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the FC Henger ATI defense, Agustín Saelices kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toader Vlădean. The FC Henger ATI fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toader Vlădean should have stopped the shot. Cosmin Rădescu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Cosmin Rădescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernest Cumpanașu, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Ecuador walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.