Challenge

Marla Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Zorita took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the match, K.F.MALIQI's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Dmitriy Chkalov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Juan Sebastián Puig got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dmitriy Chkalov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 9 minutes K.F.MALIQI'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. A well-hit corner resulted in Felix Montenegro heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 11th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dmitriy Chkalov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dmitriy Chkalov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 14th minute of the match. After 17 minutes, Daut Isai mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the K.F.MALIQI and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Daut Isai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eugenio Nelli hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Su Xu Xi, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Su Xu Xi was slow to take the kick. During this time K.F.MALIQI's players had a chance to rest. Juvenal dos Santos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. 29 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dmitriy Chkalov. K.F.MALIQI's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Agustín Saelices was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 37th match minute, K.F.MALIQI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Csaba Fodor to maneuver through the defense. Dmitriy Chkalov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Dmitriy Chkalov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Su Xu Xi made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Eugenio Nelli 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. In the 56th match minute, K.F.MALIQI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erubiel Hats to maneuver through the defense. Qemal Jahaj hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Su Xu Xi in the 59th minute of the match. With a little luck, K.F.MALIQI's Dmitriy Chkalov got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. K.F.MALIQI made a substitution. Akil Tasili replaced Daut Isai. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 70th minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of K.F.MALIQI's goalie and right to Agustín Saelices. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. K.F.MALIQI's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. The supporters of K.F.MALIQI booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 73 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Juvenal dos Santos came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Qemal Jahaj charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qemal Jahaj the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. K.F.MALIQI's Dmitriy Chkalov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save K.F.MALIQI from getting a goal against them. Dmitriy Chkalov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 93rd minute. Gigio Doro kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal.