Challenge

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Darryl Buckner made the kick off and thus started the match. Victoriano Bernaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Victoriano Bernaldo. Victoriano Bernaldo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Darryl Buckner in the 11th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darryl Buckner in the 13th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Victoriano Bernaldo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. 17 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Victoriano Bernaldo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Victoriano Bernaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 19th minute of the match. Felix Montenegro hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice moves Leopoldo Rosa could shoot a difficult shot in the 23rd minute, which Julio Vera however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play forced Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goalkeeper Victoriano Bernaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darryl Buckner, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Victoriano Bernaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. After 33 minutes, Daniel Zorita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the Dep Colonia Avellaneda players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a free kick in the 33rd minute. 36 minutes into the match, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Victoriano Bernaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play forced Dep Colonia Avellaneda's goalkeeper Victoriano Bernaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Dep Colonia Avellaneda's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Victoriano Bernaldo did a great save. Leopoldo Rosa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 45th minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 47 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo Rosa came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mariano Silbestre kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darryl Buckner in the 53rd minute of the match. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Claudio Cerritos in the 54th minute. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Wei Li was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 56th minute. Leopoldo Rosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 59 minutes into the game, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Darryl Buckner nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Darryl Buckner in the 63rd minute of the match. 2-1 became the score in the 64th minute when Darryl Buckner elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Victoriano Bernaldo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 67th minute of play. Cristian Sancho scored 2-2 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Victoriano Bernaldo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpected shot in the 74th minute by Daniel Zorita got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 76 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Wei Li came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victoriano Bernaldo having to interfere. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 83rd minute Leopoldo Rosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Darryl Buckner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Victoriano Bernaldo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Montenegro in the 86th minute. Dep Colonia Avellaneda's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Cristian Sancho scored to the left of an out of position Victoriano Bernaldo, making the score, 2-3. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 93rdth minute of the game Darryl Buckner 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. After a rather tough play, Dep Colonia Avellaneda's Claudio Cerritos got a free kick in the 94th minute. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.