Challenge

NEW AGE ARENA
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) River tu grato nombre's Stacey Banning started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Eulalio Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play. Eulalio Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 7th minute of the match. After 8 minutes River tu grato nombre's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. 12 minutes in the game Primitivo Andino did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Felix Montenegro. Eulalio Francesco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 26th minute of play. Eulalio Francesco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 28th minute of the match. After 30 minutes, Primitivo Andino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ecuador and the River tu grato nombre players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Primitivo Andino got a free kick in the 30th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Augusto De Assis Moreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Juan Sebastián Puig got a free kick in the 40th minute. A hard shot by Stacey Banning from long distance, 40 minutes into the match, got Julio Vera's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Stacey Banning could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. When Stacey Banning came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the River tu grato nombre 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 Stacey Banning couldn't finish the play. After 60 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eulalio Francesco was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, River tu grato nombre's Eulalio Francesco got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 69thth minute tested the skills of Eulalio Francesco when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Zorita had several of the River tu grato nombre's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 69 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Eulalio Francesco as he didn't even see the shot coming. River tu grato nombre's Eulalio Francesco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 86th minute of play. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stacey Banning went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score.