Challenge

Stadio Montesacro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Mark in the 3rd minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Talenti Roma Calcio's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Christophe Rau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Talenti Roma Calcio'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. 9 minutes into the match, Talenti Roma Calcio's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Christophe Rau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Talenti Roma Calcio'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. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Christophe Rau in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Christophe Rau 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 13th minute. Christophe Rau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Montenegro in the 15th minute of play forced Talenti Roma Calcio's goalkeeper Christophe Rau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Aldo Ianni hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christophe Rau didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 29 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Mark came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christophe Rau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 40th minute of the match. Jeremias Mark kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Talenti Roma Calcio's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Christophe Rau reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Talenti Roma Calcio'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. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Talenti Roma Calcio's Christophe Rau did a great save. Christophe Rau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 47th minute of the match. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Buğrahan Vecih tried to sneak it across the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. In the 53rdth minute of the game Jeremias Mark who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Talenti Roma Calcio's Buğrahan Vecih got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremias Mark, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute, Celso Bibiano 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. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Talenti Roma Calcio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mikkel Angelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christophe Rau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 65th minute of play forced Talenti Roma Calcio's goalkeeper Christophe Rau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christophe Rau narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Talenti Roma Calcio'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. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Buğrahan Vecih, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Talenti Roma Calcio's goalkeeper Christophe Rau, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 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 78th minute. A nice corner shot did that Cristian Sancho got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Christophe Rau quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 80th minute Jeremias Mark 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Christophe Rau in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 85th minute after Talenti Roma Calcio's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Mark in the 89th minute of play. In the 95th 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. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.