Challenge

Electronicos FC
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Flavio Maestri made the kick off and thus started the match. Ratko Glavak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. After 3 minutes Deportivo Municipal'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. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Agustín Saelices fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ratko Glavak quite easily take care of the ball. Ratko Glavak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 6th minute of the match. When Deportivo Municipal's Flavio Maestri in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 9thth minute of the game Flavio Maestri 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. Ratko Glavak 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 10th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Flavio Maestri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Flavio Maestri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 14th match minute, Deportivo Municipal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciano Briz to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th 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. Primitivo Andino got a throw-in 25 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Daniel Zorita. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of play forced Deportivo Municipal's goalkeeper Ratko Glavak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Deportivo Municipal'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. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ratko Glavak quite easily take care of the ball. Ratko Glavak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Municipal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Ratko Glavak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Deportivo Municipal's goalie prevented a goal. After 43 minutes, Bartoli Olazaran mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Deportivo Municipal and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

In the 52nd minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Luis Andino managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Cristian Sancho hit a great ball. Ratko Glavak made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Ratko Glavak managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Deportivo Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Flavio Maestri didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Cristian Sancho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ratko Glavak was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. A collision led to Deportivo Municipal getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Zuri Serantes hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the match, Deportivo Municipal's goalkeeper Ratko Glavak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Flavio Maestri's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Flavio Maestri made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ratko Glavak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Ratko Glavak in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Deportivo Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciano Briz didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Ecuador's Daniel Zorita in 91 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ratko Glavak guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Deportivo Municipal throughout the match.