Challenge

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristian Ronaldo took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 6th minute, Jude Bellingham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Ecuador booed when UFC Puturoasa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jude Bellingham didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jude Bellingham during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 10th match minute, UFC Puturoasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jude Bellingham to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Grimalschi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 14 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. Anton Grimalschi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 17 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Luis Andino sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anton Grimalschi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 19th minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anton Grimalschi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 22ndth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but UFC Puturoasa's Anton Grimalschi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristian Sancho scored 0-3 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anton Grimalschi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 32 minutes into the match, Juan Sebastián Puig notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of UFC Puturoasa's Anton Grimalschi. Anton Grimalschi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anton Grimalschi having to interfere. After having played for 41 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Anton Grimalschi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th match minute, UFC Puturoasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emil Dobândã to maneuver through the defense. The UFC Puturoasa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-4.

In the 54th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anton Grimalschi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Cristian Sancho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Anton Grimalschi. That made the score 0-5 after 55 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anton Grimalschi. That made the score 0-6 in the 58 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Andino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anton Grimalschi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 62 minutes into the match, UFC Puturoasa's goalkeeper Anton Grimalschi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. 66 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Anton Grimalschi. Daniel Zorita showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-7. 71 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anton Grimalschi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 76 minutes into the game, Luis Andino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Anton Grimalschi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 79 minutes into the match, Felix Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anton Grimalschi. UFC Puturoasa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felix Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. In the 82nd minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Anton Grimalschi. The goal made the score 0-10. In the 85th minute, Luis Andino made a precise shot to the right of Anton Grimalschi. UFC Puturoasa's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-11. In the 90th match minute, UFC Puturoasa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergiu Ramos to maneuver through the defense. Anton Grimalschi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felix Montenegro went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than UFC Puturoasa throughout the match.