Challenge

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luis Oso took the kick off in the first half of the match. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Luis Oso fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Antonio Arias kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Martin Urtado stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Martin Urtado tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Luis Oso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wawrzyniec Sakowicz got free with Julio Vera in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Oso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Tropchev having to interfere. In the 18th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Tropchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 19th minute. Felix Montes was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Ivo Tropchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Ivo Tropchev. Ivo Tropchev was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ivo Tropchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ivo Tropchev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Oso in the 42nd minute of play. Sergio Cesaro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 44thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. When Antonio Nerio fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's protests and gave Antonio Nerio a yellow card for diving instead. In the 54th match minute, Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Nerio to maneuver through the defense. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ivo Tropchev. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 57th minute Luis Oso 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. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Nerio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Fulvio Terenzi was substituted for Eustacio Mino. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Oso in the 75th minute of play. Martin Urtado kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goalkeeper Ivo Tropchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Fulvio Terenzi hit a great ball. Ivo Tropchev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 84th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Oso in the 85th minute of the match. When Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Luis Oso in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Cesaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Martin Urtado was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Ivo Tropchev made a huge save. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 97th minute after Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. When the referee blew the final whistle, Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ could leave the field as winners, despite Ecuador having more of the ball for most of the match.