Challenge

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita made the kick off and thus started the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Koralp Özsu in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute Los Tatangelos were awarded a corner. Göktürk Bozlak went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 8th minute, Jorge Figueiredo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Julio Vera. The goal made the score 1-0. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Los Tatangelos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hadi Vefakar didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vacib Bartu having to interfere. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Vural Esay hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vacib Bartu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 24th minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Vacib Bartu. Los Tatangelos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 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. In the 33rd minute Gürbüz Hendekli 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. Los Tatangelos's Jorge Figueiredo came free and shot a quick shot against goal 34 minutes in the game, fortunately Julio Vera had problems saving as it came toward the left post. After 35 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Göktürk Bozlak who took care of the corner kick. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vacib Bartu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 46th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Jorge Figueiredo made the kick off in the second half. Los Tatangelos were awarded a corner in the 55th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Göktürk Bozlak took the corner. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Felix Montenegro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vacib Bartu. That made the score 1-3 after 59 minutes of play. 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 68th minute. The corner ended in Felix Montes almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Los Tatangelos's Vacib Bartu did a great save. In the 74th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vacib Bartu was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After having played for 75 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 80th minute of the match Los Tatangelos got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Göktürk Bozlak ran over to the corner to take the kick. Los Tatangelos's Göktürk Bozlak 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. Vacib Bartu made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Felix Montenegro sent off a good shot on target. Luis Andino took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vacib Bartu. Vacib Bartu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. In the 93rd minute, Cristian Sancho 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. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Los Tatangelos.