Challenge

Winners Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. After 3 minutes of play, Geo-Winner's Cesar Rioja made it 1-0 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! Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sergey Sabadash showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of the match. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Geo-Winner was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateusz Bochinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cesar Rioja's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Geo-Winner'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. The corner ended in Agustín Saelices almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Geo-Winner's Sergey Sabadash did a great save. In the 28th minute, Cesar Rioja hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daniel Zorita in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergey Sabadash prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sergey Sabadash showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cesar Rioja was the one to do the kick off. Rostislav Kravets charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rostislav Kravets the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 52 played minutes Geo-Winner got a freekick which was hit by Rostislav Kravets. Primitivo Andino made in the 55th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Cristian Sancho however managed to control. In the 55th minute, Daniel Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesar Rioja in the 58th minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cesar Rioja in the 63rd minute of play. A collision led to Geo-Winner getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Andrey Shalikashvili hit a great ball. With a little luck, Geo-Winner's Sergey Sabadash got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. 69 minutes into the match, Geo-Winner's goalkeeper Sergey Sabadash had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sergey Sabadash narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesar Rioja in the 78th minute of play. In the 84th minute, Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Maksim Dunaevskiy had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 92nd minute Maksim Dunaevskiy 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. The Geo-Winner support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.