Challenge

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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Cristoforo Tammaro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. 7 minutes into the game, Lunatics of Arianrhod's Ernesto Martini nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After 13 played minutes Lunatics of Arianrhod got a freekick which was hit by Joel Hibai. Cristoforo Tammaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Martini got free with Julio Vera in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Lunatics of Arianrhod's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cristoforo Tammaro came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Tammaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Cristoforo Tammaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 28 minutes into the match, Lunatics of Arianrhod's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Cristoforo Tammaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristoforo Tammaro 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 28th minute. Lunatics of Arianrhod's Cristoforo Tammaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute of play. Cristoforo Tammaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute of play forced Lunatics of Arianrhod's goalkeeper Cristoforo Tammaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristoforo Tammaro came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Joel Hibai took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. In the 41st minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristoforo Tammaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernesto Martini went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ernesto Martini stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristoforo Tammaro made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. 55 minutes in the game, Daniel Zorita dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Hibai in the 57th minute of play. Ernesto Martini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After having played for 63 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 65th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Cristoforo Tammaro was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 67th match minute, Lunatics of Arianrhod was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Johan Ström to maneuver through the defense. With an all-out effort, Ecuador's Cristoforo Tammaro threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luis Andino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Cristoforo Tammaro was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Daniel Zorita capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniel Zorita really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Cristoforo Tammaro firmly grabbed it by the left post. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Martini, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ernesto Martini in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. If Joel Hibai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Martini in the 93rd minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Ecuador players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.