Challenge

Battle of death
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Martín Ulloa got the match started through his kick off. Martín Ulloa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Juan Benavides took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th minute, Giancarlo Mora hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Escobar, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 10th minute of play. Juan Benavides 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 19th minute. 24 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Juan Benavides reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Felix Montenegro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Juan Benavides quite easily take care of the ball. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juan Benavides having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Humberto Escobar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 34th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juan Benavides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 43rd minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides managed to reach the ball for a save. After a defensive mix-up in ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Juan Benavides came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

After having played for 51 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Miguel Pimentel made a great header on ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Juan Benavides made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felix Montenegro in the 58th minute. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Juan Benavides in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 60 minutes, Felix Montenegro made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martín Ulloa in the 63rd minute of play. In the 64th minute, Guillermo Escalona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Ecuador booed when ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guillermo Escalona didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Escobar in the 70th minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Humberto Escobar in the 74th minute of play. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Juan Benavides made a huge save. In the 82nd match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ren Peng Fei to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th minute Guillermo Escalona 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. In the 89th minute, Luis Andino got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Nelsinho Nóbrega managed to get in a good position for a shot. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters rose to their feet, but Nelsinho Nóbrega 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. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Nelsinho Nóbrega hit a great ball. With a little luck, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Juan Benavides got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 95th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelsinho Nóbrega to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ throughout the match.