Challenge

La Romareda
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Campdora'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. Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 8th minute, when Andy Pool scored to the left of an out of position Julio Vera, making the score, 1-0. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Campdora was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. 王辰宇 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ramón Camara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after Campdora's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ramón Camara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Sancho scored 1-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ramón Camara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ramón Camara having to interfere. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Campdora's Andy Pool. But to his dismay, Andy Pool quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Ramón Camara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustín Saelices, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Campdora'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 Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Campdora's Ramón Camara did a great save. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. After 29 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Marcin Ogrodowicz who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Marcin Ogrodowicz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ramón Camara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of the match. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcin Ogrodowicz was slow to take the kick. During this time Campdora's players had a chance to rest. Ecuador were furious when Juan Sebastián Puig was red carded, 42 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 41 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ecuador! With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Andy Pool tried to sneak it across the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Andy Pool stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Baba Ba struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Campdora. After 55 minutes, 谢远鹏 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Campdora and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Ramón Camara made a huge save. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andy Pool in the 79th minute of play. Agustín Saelices was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 81st minute. Ecuador's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance.