Challenge

Monumental Esteco
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Esteco's Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 12th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, Esteco's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 32nd minute of play. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Esteco's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. In the 34th minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th minute Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso 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. Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 44th minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After 48 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Samuel Claude who took care of the corner kick. Juan Sebastián Puig tried in the game's 48th match minute to clear up in front of his own goal but it went so bad that he put the ball into the goal to the left of an unhappy Julio Vera. An annoying self made goal, 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 58th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 65th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 67th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Cristian Sancho kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo. That made the score 1-1 in the 68 minute of play. With a little luck, Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Esteco's Hermengildo Guifre got a free kick in the 89th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita tried to score from far away in the 89th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esteco's Jiří Petera was substituted for Samuel Claude. In the 97th minute, Jiří Petera ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2.