Challenge

Gigante de Alberdi
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. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Roman Steven stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Roman Steven tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Raimond Lenk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 7th minute of play. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk managed to reach the ball for a save. 10 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Raimond Lenk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 17th minute of the match. Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raimond Lenk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amadeo Francesco'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. Amadeo Francesco helped the player get up and apologised. Amadeo Francesco hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. In the 27th minute of the match, Daniel Zorita sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Raimond Lenk showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. If Spyros Zacharioudakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Piratas FC's Kryspin Degutis got a free kick in the 41st minute. 47 minutes into the match, Piratas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Raimond Lenk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Constantino Idacio to make the kick off. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 58 minutes Piratas FC'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. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raimond Lenk quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Raimond Lenk made a huge save. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Raimond Lenk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 70 minutes into the match, Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. In the 73rd minute, Constantino Idacio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raimond Lenk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 81st minute of play. After 83 played minutes Piratas FC got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Hernandez. With his leg Raimond Lenk managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 88th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raimond Lenk quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Spyros Zacharioudakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Piratas FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Spyros Zacharioudakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 90th minute, Primitivo Andino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 0-2 without a chance for Raimond Lenk to make any attempt to save it. The Piratas FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.