Challenge

Parque de los Pingos
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. Marcelino Nuxila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 4th minute of the match. 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 5th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play forced 1947 FC's goalkeeper Marcelino Nuxila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, 1947 FC's Julio Vera threw himself towards the right post 11 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Huang Bing Ran, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Marcelino Nuxila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 12th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo in the 21st minute of play. 21 minutes into the game, Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, 1947 FC's Huang Bing Ran got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Marcelino Nuxila 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 24th minute. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 1947 FC's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Luis Andino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marcelino Nuxila breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Marcelino Nuxila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 43rd minute of play. When Cristian Sancho fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Cristian Sancho a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Goren Baños was the one to do the kick off. Marcelino Nuxila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 52nd minute of the match. Cristian Sancho 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. Melchor Xacintu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo in the 57th minute of play. 1947 FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Huang Bing Ran in the 58th minute. 62 minutes into the match, 1947 FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Marcelino Nuxila reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rdth minute of the game Goren Baños 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. 66 minutes into the match, 1947 FC's goalkeeper Marcelino Nuxila had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. 1947 FC's Marcelino Nuxila proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save 1947 FC from getting a goal against them. Tyler Durden's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tyler Durden helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st match minute, 1947 FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tyler Durden to maneuver through the defense. 1947 FC's Americo Artal was substituted for Gustavo-Hernán Vallejo. After a defensive mix-up in 1947 FC's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcelino Nuxila came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ariel Bonachea in the 77th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marcelino Nuxila firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Marcelino Nuxila in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Americo Artal in the 85th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Americo Artal sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Huang Bing Ran in the 89th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Bonachea in the 91st minute of play. In the 94th minute, Ariel Bonachea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. When the referee blew the final whistle, 1947 FC could leave the field as winners, despite Ecuador having more of the ball for most of the match.