Challenge

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Vacib Bartu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 4th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Los Tatangelos's Dorukhan Özender got a free kick in the 5th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play forced Los Tatangelos's goalkeeper Vacib Bartu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vacib Bartu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of the match. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Los Tatangelos's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. In the 16th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Vacib Bartu. Los Tatangelos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 18th minute, Vural Esay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Figueiredo in the 29th minute of the match. Vacib Bartu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 30th minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Manuel Donzel might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Manuel Donzel ran back to his position shaking his head. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jorge Figueiredo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Agustín Saelices hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vacib Bartu having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jorge Figueiredo in the 56th minute of play. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vacib Bartu came out and tried to block the shot, but Daniel Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 65th minute. Manuel Donzel hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Los Tatangelos's goalkeeper Vacib Bartu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gürbüz Hendekli in the 80th minute of play. The corner led Los Tatangelos's Manuel Donzel to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 83 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Göktürk Bozlak was slow to take the kick. During this time Los Tatangelos's players had a chance to rest. In the 87th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Los Tatangelos'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. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Vacib Bartu quite easily take care of the ball. Vacib Bartu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Figueiredo in the 89th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vacib Bartu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 91st minute. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Vacib Bartu to make any attempt to save it. Ecuador played a much better game than Los Tatangelos and deserved their victory. The Los Tatangelos players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.