Challenge

San Siro
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) A.C. Milan's Emil Horațiu started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ciprian Alupoaie was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ciprian Alupoaie having to interfere. After 8 minutes of play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ciprian Alupoaie was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Ciprian Alupoaie. A.C. Milan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 15th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ciprian Alupoaie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eric Cartiș kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Ciprian Alupoaie. In the 26th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ciprian Alupoaie was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Ciprian Alupoaie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 29th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Ciprian Alupoaie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 35th 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. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ciprian Alupoaie read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. Ciprian Alupoaie came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Ciprian Alupoaie didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luis Andino went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Ciprian Alupoaie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 47th minute of the match.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Luis Andino took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Ciprian Alupoaie to make any attempt to save it. A.C. Milan's Ciprian Alupoaie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save A.C. Milan from getting a goal against them. Laurențiu Velicu's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laurențiu Velicu helped the player get up and apologised. Laurențiu Velicu kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 59th minute of play forced A.C. Milan's goalkeeper Ciprian Alupoaie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 60 minutes A.C. Milan'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. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that A.C. Milan's Ciprian Alupoaie managed to reach the ball for a save. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ciprian Alupoaie. Ciprian Alupoaie dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-10. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 66th 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. An unexpected shot in the 67th minute by Daniel Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ciprian Alupoaie. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in A.C. Milan's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciprian Alupoaie came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 76 minutes into the match, A.C. Milan's goalkeeper Ciprian Alupoaie had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Octav Hodorog in the 87th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in A.C. Milan's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ciprian Alupoaie came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ciprian Alupoaie was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Cristian Sancho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristian Sancho really showed his touch with that goal: 0-14. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The A.C. Milan fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.