Challenge

Sakhalin Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Artur Tyulenin kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Anton Parov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of the match. FC GAZprom's Anton Parov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 7th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xie Cheng Xiao in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xie Cheng Xiao, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Anton Parov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. If Xie Cheng Xiao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. FC GAZprom's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Miron Kalashnikov in the 21st minute. After taking down the ball on FC GAZprom's corner Xie Cheng Xiao fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. In the 32nd minute, Sergey Dorofeev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anton Parov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 36thth minute of the game Xie Cheng Xiao 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. Vyacheslav Rozhkov'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. Vyacheslav Rozhkov helped the player get up and apologised. Vyacheslav Rozhkov kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xie Cheng Xiao made a kick off. Agustín Saelices could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Anton Parov made a huge save. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anton Parov having to interfere. Anton Parov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 61st minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Xie Cheng Xiao came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Anton Parov made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xie Cheng Xiao in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. FC GAZprom's Maksim Lobanovskiy was substituted for Diego Salvagnin. In the 83rd minute Daniel Zorita collided with an opponent which caused him a fractured collar bone. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leonid Molotkov during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ecuador made a substitution. Luz Palacio replaced Daniel Zorita. 83 minutes into the game, one of FC GAZprom:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Maksim Lobanovskiy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. FC GAZprom's Anton Parov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save FC GAZprom from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maksim Lobanovskiy in the 97th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than FC GAZprom throughout the match.