Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edmund Schoettle kicked off to start the match. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Kristian Willem Neuling quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Tiger's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristian Willem Neuling 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. Kristian Willem Neuling showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Felix Montenegro hit a great ball. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 23rd minute of play. Hartfrid Hirtzel was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 26 minutes into the match. A collision led to Tiger getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Hartfrid Hirtzel hit a great ball. In the 28th 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: 0-1. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 33 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kristian Willem Neuling made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kristian Willem Neuling saved Tiger from getting behind. 41 minutes into the match, Tiger's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Kristian Willem Neuling reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kristian Willem Neuling came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Tiger made a substitution. Bruno Mätz replaced Hartmut Weidenhammer. Kristian Willem Neuling made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Kristian Willem Neuling came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Kristian Willem Neuling came out and tried to block the shot, but Daniel Zorita slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 67th minute. Kristian Willem Neuling didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 80th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kristian Willem Neuling was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. After having played for 83 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. Kristian Willem Neuling showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Sancho during the 89th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 89th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ken Raus charged in rather forcefully in the 92nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ken Raus the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ken Raus kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After 93 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. In the 96th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raik Sauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. The Tiger fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.