Challenge

MASTERBET FC
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, MasterBets's Marius Macovei sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gong Zhi Peng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marius Macovei in the 10th minute of the match. MasterBets were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gong Zhi Peng took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Constantin Costăchescu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 17th minute of play. Gigel Zăvoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of the match. MasterBets made a substitution. Malcolm Dalkvist replaced Dan Zafiu. MasterBets made a substitution. Vedat Tuğlu replaced Ramiro Marin. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after MasterBets's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. If Marius Macovei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 30th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Horaţiu Ţurlău kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute of the match Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gigel Zăvoiu skillfully saved the ball. In the 38th minute, Luis Andino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Primitivo Andino got a throw-in 41 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Daniel Zorita. If Marius Macovei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marius Macovei to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Marius Macovei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MasterBets's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marius Macovei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 52 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Marius Macovei came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. MasterBets made a substitution. Jacinto Oso replaced Constantin Costăchescu. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marius Macovei in the 64th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Tony Röd managed to get in a good position for a shot. MasterBets's supporters rose to their feet, but Tony Röd was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. MasterBets's Gigel Zăvoiu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 73rd minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marius Macovei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Marius Macovei left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MasterBets fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. In the 84th 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 85th minute of play forced MasterBets's goalkeeper Gigel Zăvoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by MasterBets'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. 95 minutes into the game, Fabio Cordareo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MasterBets's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 95th match minute, MasterBets was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabio Cordareo to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than MasterBets throughout the match.