Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Felix Montenegro took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Qin Fan Sheng to make any attempt to save it. In the 11th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Qin Fan Sheng. The goal made the score 2-0. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Qin Fan Sheng made a huge save. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 17 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 2-1 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! Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Crouch in the 27th minute of play. 27 minutes into the match, Peter Crouch had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Peter Crouch was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Qin Fan Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Qin Fan Sheng made a huge save. 38 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Agustín Saelices came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Peter Crouch stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Crouch in the 51st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 52nd minute of the match ZORZAL01 got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavel Nedvěd ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Cornelio Bastia drilling the ball in to score 2-3 behind Ecuador's goalkeeper. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Crouch in the 56th minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the game Juan Sebastián Puig made a throw-in which Luis Andino played forward. Horacio Librado blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ZORZAL01's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pavel Nedvěd in the 81st minute. ZORZAL01's Pavel Nedvěd was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Peter Crouch hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. ZORZAL01 were awarded a corner in the 88th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pavel Nedvěd took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Cornelio Bastia got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 90th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Camilo Gisbert to maneuver through the defense. After 94 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. 96 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Qin Fan Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ZORZAL01 were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Ecuador's much stronger midfield.