Challenge

Marakana
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute, Avgust Kyurkchiev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zapryan Sachanski 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 7th minute. A collision led to Цървена звезда getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Lilko Shentov hit a great ball. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zapryan Sachanski having to interfere. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Lilko Shentov sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Цървена звезда was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhivko Tekerlekov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lilko Shentov'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 19th minute of play. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zapryan Sachanski having to interfere. After 26 played minutes Dobri Pipkov rounded Ecuador's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zapryan Sachanski having to interfere. After 42 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zapryan Sachanski was left in no man's land by his defense there! The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Цървена звезда's Zapryan Sachanski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 51st minute of play. After 60 minutes of play, Ecuador's Luis Andino made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zapryan Sachanski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Zapryan Sachanski made a huge save. In the 79th minute, Violet Vrúblyanski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute of the match Lilko Shentov shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Diyan Svilarov kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 90th minute of play forced Цървена звезда's goalkeeper Zapryan Sachanski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 96 minutes Цървена звезда's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Luis Andino fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Zapryan Sachanski quite easily take care of the ball.