Challenge

Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 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 6th minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Gabbro FC's Alessandro Mancinelli managed to reach the ball for a save. A hard shot 9 in the game by Edvard Slæggerup from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. A hard shot 11 in the game by Edvard Slæggerup from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 16th minute of play forced Gabbro FC's goalkeeper Alessandro Mancinelli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Camilo Gisbert made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Luis Andino. Alessandro Mancinelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Gabbro FC's Wieslaw Wawro got a free kick in the 27th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edvard Slæggerup in the 29th minute of the match. In the 33rd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alessandro Mancinelli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabbro FC's Alessandro Mancinelli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Gabbro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eugenio Casadei didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alessandro Mancinelli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After some careless play in the Gabbro FC defense, Luis Andino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro Mancinelli. The Gabbro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro Mancinelli should have stopped the shot. Felix Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alessandro Mancinelli read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Gabbro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Alessandro Mancinelli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Gabbro FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

The supporters of Gabbro FC booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felix Montenegro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 55th minute, one of Gabbro FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Gabbro FC. Alessandro Mancinelli went to the wrong direction when Daniel Zorita was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. In the 61stth minute of the game Edvard Slæggerup 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. Alessandro Mancinelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Gabbro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wieslaw Wawro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alessandro Mancinelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 69th minute of the match. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Ecuador 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alessandro Mancinelli having to make a save. Alessandro Mancinelli made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 80th minute of play. After 81 minutes Gabbro 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. Cemil Tanacan tried in the 81st minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Alessandro Mancinelli a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-2. Alessandro Mancinelli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 86th minute of the match. 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 87th minute. A collision led to Gabbro FC getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Edvard Slæggerup hit a great ball. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 97 played minutes Gabbro FC got a freekick which was hit by Nicholas Langsford. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.