Challenge

El Templo Funebrero
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Adriano Pappalardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Cristian Sancho sped through chacarita juniors's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Adriano Pappalardo. In the 6th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Pappalardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adriano Pappalardo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 15 played minutes chacarita juniors got a freekick which was hit by Arkhip Ilyin. Adriano Pappalardo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute of play forced chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd 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 27th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arkhip Ilyin was slow to take the kick. During this time chacarita juniors's players had a chance to rest. Osvaldo Ospin came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Julio Vera could save by the left post. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Adriano Pappalardo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. After 35 played minutes chacarita juniors got a freekick which was hit by Mauro Llorienzo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of play forced chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. chacarita juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. Vinicio Fiz charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vinicio Fiz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Deng Wei Lin made a kick off. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Llorienzo in the 55th minute of play. In the 55th minute, Osvaldo Erlantz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Adriano Pappalardo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Osvaldo Ospin in the 59th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Osvaldo Ospin notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Adriano Pappalardo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Osvaldo Ospin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Adriano Pappalardo managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 79 minutes into the match, chacarita juniors's goalkeeper Adriano Pappalardo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amadeo Lizbeth in the 85th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Mauro Llorienzo heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 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 89th minute. In the 91st match minute, chacarita juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkhip Ilyin to maneuver through the defense. After 94 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. Deng Wei Lin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ecuador's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.