Challenge

El Santuario
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Piara Santo made the kick off which started today's match. Piara Santo scored 1-0 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of StardustRevolution booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piara Santo in the 13th minute of the match. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 22nd minute of play. Andy Gimm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute Piara Santo 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. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piara Santo in the 30th minute of play. In the 34thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Ecuador booed when StardustRevolution was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Piara Santo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andy Gimm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 40th minute of the match. In the 40th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andy Gimm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the StardustRevolution defense, Felix Montenegro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andy Gimm. The StardustRevolution fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andy Gimm should have stopped the shot. In the 46th 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. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. The audience was convinced that Piara Santo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Piara Santo might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Piara Santo ran back to his position shaking his head. StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save StardustRevolution from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Piara Santo in the 61st minute of play. StardustRevolution made a substitution. Eduardo Vasco replaced Salvador Rosalio. With a little luck, StardustRevolution's Andy Gimm got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andy Gimm didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 82 minutes into the match, StardustRevolution's goalkeeper Andy Gimm had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Genaro Eskuin went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by StardustRevolution's Genaro Eskuin. But to his dismay, Genaro Eskuin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. After 93 minutes of play, StardustRevolution's Oscar Santo made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. StardustRevolution were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.