Challenge

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Simon Rameriz got the match started through his kick off. Prospero Muc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 7th minute of play. Prospero Muc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Prospero Muc having to interfere. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 20 minutes, Nicasio Quinton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Maravilla and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 24 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Prospero Muc was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of play forced Maravilla's goalkeeper Prospero Muc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 played minutes Maravilla got a freekick which was hit by Tiburcio Domiku. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 34 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Maravilla's Prospero Muc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 37th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 42 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Maravilla's Prospero Muc. Prospero Muc was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Prospero Muc. Prospero Muc dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 61stth minute, Prospero Muc skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 62nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Prospero Muc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Prospero Muc in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Maravilla's Prospero Muc got control of the ball when Luis Andino tried to sneak it across the goal line. Agustín Saelices sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Prospero Muc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Maravilla defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Prospero Muc. The Maravilla fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Prospero Muc should have stopped the shot. Cristian Sancho might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Prospero Muc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Sancho ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Cristian Sancho sped through Maravilla's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Prospero Muc. In the 84th minute, Cristian Sancho fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Prospero Muc, passed just outside the right post. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Prospero Muc made a huge save. 95 minutes into the game, Luis Andino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Prospero Muc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.