Challenge

Monte Parnaso
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. When Felix Montenegro fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Felix Montenegro a yellow card for diving instead. Amancio Blasi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of play. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Amancio Blasi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd match minute, PARNASOVFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfred Rensenbrink to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 23rd minute of play forced PARNASOVFC's goalkeeper Amancio Blasi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Evelio Errolan's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Åke Gustafsson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Julio Vera 27 minutes into the match. After 32 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amancio Blasi was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Ecuador booed when PARNASOVFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilfred Rensenbrink didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 42nd minute, Santiago Bernard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 46 minutes into the game, Felix Montenegro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Amancio Blasi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Evelio Errolan to strike the kick off in the second half. The Ecuador fans' excitement grew in the 51st match minute when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Evelio Errolan in the 57th minute of play. 60 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Amancio Blasi, 2-4. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Santiago Bernard hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. A collision led to PARNASOVFC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Wilfred Rensenbrink hit a great ball. Daniel Zorita had several of the PARNASOVFC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 71 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-5 score and a disappointed Amancio Blasi as he didn't even see the shot coming. Amancio Blasi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 74th minute. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Amancio Blasi in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 82 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Evelio Errolan came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Åke Gustafsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After 87 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fausto Gaitano who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on PARNASOVFC's corner Fausto Gaitano fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Wilfred Rensenbrink received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than PARNASOVFC throughout the match.