Challenge

Sporting Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Isaias Jakue left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting Buceo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 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 11th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Juan Sebastián Puig to score against Maximo Horquizar in Sporting Buceo's goal. 1-1 after 11 minutes. Maximo Horquizar 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 14th minute. Isaias Jakue received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sporting Buceo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yao Yan Sen in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isaias Jakue in the 26th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Sporting Buceo's goalkeeper Maximo Horquizar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sporting Buceo's attentive Duro Back managed to snatch the ball when Primitivo Andino made a throw-in in the 37th minute of the game. In the 42nd match minute, Sporting Buceo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yao Yan Sen to maneuver through the defense. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 46thth minute, when Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maureen Franco made a kick off. Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Maximo Horquizar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isaias Jakue fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maximo Horquizar having to interfere. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Sporting Buceo's Isaias Jakue shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Sporting Buceo's Sebastian Muc was substituted for Filimon Gamburtsev. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 71 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Maximo Horquizar, 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Rengifo in the 74th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Sergio Rengifo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 85th minute, which Maximo Horquizar however easily saved by the left post. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Rengifo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Rengifo in the 89th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sergio Rengifo in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. The Sporting Buceo players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.