Challenge

La Caldera
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita 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. In the 3rd minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Abelardo Erlantz. La Vuelta del Malon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Daron Ko kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Abelardo Erlantz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stoyo Abazov in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Stoyo Abazov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 17th minute of play forced La Vuelta del Malon's goalkeeper Abelardo Erlantz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 20th minute. Abelardo Erlantz didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to La Vuelta del Malon getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Daron Ko hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Abelardo Erlantz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. A collision led to La Vuelta del Malon getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Sigurds Kiriks hit a great ball. After 32 played minutes Daniel Zorita shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for La Vuelta del Malon's Abelardo Erlantz to catch but Daniel Zorita was lucky. It became 0-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when 刘旭震 tried to sneak it across the goal line. The La Vuelta del Malon players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 刘旭震 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stoyo Abazov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, La Vuelta del Malon's Lucio Maidana got a free kick in the 58th minute. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 刘旭震, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 62nd minute of the match La Vuelta del Malon got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 刘旭震 ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on La Vuelta del Malon's corner 刘旭震 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. In the 66th minute Stoyo Abazov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 67 played minutes La Vuelta del Malon got a freekick which was hit by Sigurds Kiriks. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 68thth minute, Abelardo Erlantz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 70th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 74 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Abelardo Erlantz. La Vuelta del Malon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. A collision led to La Vuelta del Malon getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Cesar Ruy hit a great ball. In the 81st match minute, La Vuelta del Malon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lucio Maidana to maneuver through the defense. Stoyo Abazov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Stoyo Abazov struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for La Vuelta del Malon. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 94th minute, which Abelardo Erlantz however easily saved by the left post. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Vuelta del Malon throughout the match.