Challenge

Isparta Atatürk
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes of play, Ecuador's Felix Montenegro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel van der Bij was left in no man's land by his defense there! Michel van der Bij made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute of play. A collision led to ISPARTASPOR U21 getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Alfredo Gumaro hit a great ball. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. ISPARTASPOR U21's Michel van der Bij played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 14th minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when ISPARTASPOR U21 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Suelo De Toro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Joško Van Landschoot in the 18thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julio Vera, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Alfredo Gumaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when ISPARTASPOR U21's Joško Van Landschoot fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel van der Bij was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 37 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Michel van der Bij made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Omar Gelmiro kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. In the 45thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ISPARTASPOR U21's Michel van der Bij was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Omar Gelmiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Omar Gelmiro to make the kick off. Joško Van Landschoot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Omar Gelmiro struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ISPARTASPOR U21. In the 69th 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. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joško Van Landschoot in the 70th minute of the match. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by ISPARTASPOR U21's Joško Van Landschoot. But to his dismay, Joško Van Landschoot quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. ISPARTASPOR U21 made a substitution. Frances Sánchez replaced Suelo De Toro. ISPARTASPOR U21 made a substitution. Sol Campbell replaced Davinson Sanchez. Omar Gelmiro kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 86th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joško Van Landschoot in the 87th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Joško Van Landschoot came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.