Challenge

Elland Road
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tervel Dushanov started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Anatoli Filov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikifor Ruzhekov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. EW® Leeds's Nikifor Ruzhekov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 19th minute of play. After 24 played minutes EW® Leeds got a freekick which was hit by Pavlin Mogilanski. Nikifor Ruzhekov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikifor Ruzhekov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anatoli Filov in the 28th minute. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikifor Ruzhekov having to interfere. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kostadin Nenov kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After 46 minutes EW® Leeds'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. Felix Montes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikifor Ruzhekov having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Nikifor Ruzhekov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikifor Ruzhekov made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Tervel Dushanov put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Nikifor Ruzhekov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes had been played when some careless play by EW® Leeds'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. Luis Andino made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that EW® Leeds's Nikifor Ruzhekov managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 68th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. EW® Leeds's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nikifor Ruzhekov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Nikifor Ruzhekov in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nikifor Ruzhekov came out of the goal in the 70th 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 1-1. Felix Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Nikifor Ruzhekov made a huge save. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by EW® Leeds'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. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pavlin Mogilanski was slow to take the kick. During this time EW® Leeds's players had a chance to rest. Pavlin Mogilanski made a great header on EW® Leeds's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 82nd minute, Antonio Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Anatoli Filov managed to get in a good position for a shot. EW® Leeds's supporters rose to their feet, but Anatoli Filov 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. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anatoli Filov in the 85th minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tervel Dushanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Slavi Dramov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zorita hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. In the 94th minute of the match Pavlin Mogilanski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera skillfully saved the ball. Ecuador were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing EW® Leeds to leave the ground with a draw.