Challenge

NINHO de CUCOS
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maxim Tilea started the match with the kick off. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Man Fish tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Man Fish showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 8th minute of the match. In the 9th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A very nice done corner allowed Luis Andino to score against Man Fish in Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goal. 0-1 after 9 minutes. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mai Shu Yang in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Mai Shu Yang put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. After a rather tough play, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Hao Fan Yong got a free kick in the 15th minute. Maxim Tilea fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Man Fish took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Primitivo Andino hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Maxim Tilea sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joga Tana during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ecuador's Luz Palacio was substituted for Daniel Zorita. After 31 played minutes Arrebimba o Malho SLB got a freekick which was hit by Joga Tana. After 32 minutes of play, Ecuador's Luz Palacio made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Man Fish was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Man Fish made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 38th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mai Shu Yang in the 40th minute of the match. After 42 played minutes Arrebimba o Malho SLB got a freekick which was hit by Joga Tana. In the 44th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luz Palacio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 50 minutes into the game, Hao Fan Yong cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luz Palacio might have been able to make a better finish in the 55th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Man Fish. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luz Palacio ran back to his position shaking his head. Man Fish made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 56th minute of play. Hao Fan Yong kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Ecuador's Luz Palacio got a good chance for a goal in the 60th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Man Fish got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute, Maxim Tilea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mai Shu Yang sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luz Palacio got free with Man Fish in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Arrebimba o Malho SLB's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felix Montenegro took the corner. Avantas Jado kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Mai Shu Yang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. The Ecuador players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Arrebimba o Malho SLB from taking control. The game ends in a draw.