Challenge

Estadio JMCE
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 2nd minute to try and stop a shot by Águilas Poblanas's Iker Urti. But to his dismay, Iker Urti quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Carlo Ciolli received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Carlo Ciolli slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 5th minute. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 20th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 24th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Ismael saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexandros Ismael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexandros Ismael. Águilas Poblanas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 37th minute of play forced Águilas Poblanas's goalkeeper Alexandros Ismael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexandros Ismael narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alexandros Ismael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Carlo Ciolli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Águilas Poblanas's supporters rose to their feet, but Carlo Ciolli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Alexandros Ismael didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlo Ciolli got free with Julio Vera in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Águilas Poblanas's Amedeo Vitucci was substituted for Tao Cheng Han. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Carlo Ciolli made a kick off. Amedeo Vitucci recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 58th minute, Amedeo Vitucci hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 61 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexandros Ismael narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Daniel Zorita kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexandros Ismael. That made the score 2-3 in the 61 minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlo Ciolli in the 65th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Cristian Sancho took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Alexandros Ismael to make any attempt to save it. Águilas Poblanas made a substitution. Klement Malik replaced Ciro Matai. Águilas Poblanas made a substitution. Virgilio Txindoki replaced Iker Urti. 75 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexandros Ismael narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 79th 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. Carlo Ciolli scored 3-4 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlo Ciolli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91stth minute of the game Carlo Ciolli 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. The audience was convinced that Carlo Ciolli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Carlo Ciolli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. 93 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Carlo Ciolli came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Águilas Poblanas booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 98 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Montenegro didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Águilas Poblanas.