Challenge

La MadeLaine
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Rulli in the 5th minute of play. In the 11th 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. Ali Benhabiles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Dagobert Wagener tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, La MadeLaine Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Montenegro came free, but Ali Benhabiles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after La MadeLaine Clube's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Dagobert Wagener tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Ali Benhabiles. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 17th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elvio Ramond, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionisio Hegoi in the 24th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play forced La MadeLaine Clube's goalkeeper Ali Benhabiles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 30th minute of play forced La MadeLaine Clube's goalkeeper Ali Benhabiles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, La MadeLaine Clube's Stefan Mierzejewski got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Cristian Sancho might have been able to make a better finish in the 36th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ali Benhabiles. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Sancho ran back to his position shaking his head. Ali Benhabiles 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 42nd minute. Ludwig Lentz hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, La MadeLaine Clube's Dagobert Wagener tried to score from far away in the 48th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alfredo Rulli stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alfredo Rulli's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. La MadeLaine Clube's Ali Benhabiles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 54th minute of play. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the game, La MadeLaine Clube's Dionisio Hegoi 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. In the 61st minute, Camilo Gisbert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Alfredo Rulli came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the La MadeLaine Clube fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Alfredo Rulli couldn't finish the play. La MadeLaine Clube's Ali Benhabiles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save La MadeLaine Clube from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Ludwig Lentz came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Cristian Sancho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ali Benhabiles. That made the score 1-2 after 69 minutes of play. After 82 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ecuador! Leonardo Couto'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. Leonardo Couto helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to La MadeLaine Clube getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Leonardo Couto hit a great ball. Ludwig Lentz scored 3-2 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The La MadeLaine Clube fans cheered their team off the field, for while Ecuador had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.