Challenge

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Bass Dost hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Bass Dost tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 10 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cláudio Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute, Red Bull Magnus's Bass Dost dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. If Bass Dost had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bass Dost in the 19th minute of play. Cláudio Bittencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Cláudio Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bass Dost's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 28th minute, Bass Dost made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 31st minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Cláudio Bittencourt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cláudio Bittencourt came out of the goal in the 31st 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 2-2. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bass Dost went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. In the 41st minute Bass Dost 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. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Cláudio Bittencourt didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Bass Dost made the kick off in the second half. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Cláudio Bittencourt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Charles Puyol hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Red Bull Magnus made a substitution. You Wei Xing replaced Gerson Cruzado. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Red Bull Magnus's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Red Bull Magnus's Cláudio Bittencourt managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Felix Montes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cláudio Bittencourt was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Magnus's Sten Koch got a free kick in the 65th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Hefter, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 67thth minute of the game Richard Hefter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Red Bull Magnus's Richard Hefter in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from You Wei Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisão Negri in the 85th minute of the match. Axel Bäck made a great header on Red Bull Magnus's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Luisão Negri got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 5-2. 90 minutes into the match. 93 minutes into the match, You Wei Xing notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Red Bull Magnus had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.