Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Theagenis Papageorgiou kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Daniel Zorita took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Mai Yao Yao to make any attempt to save it. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Javier Beti in the 8th minute of the match. Fracasados's Mai Yao Yao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of play. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Javier Beti, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Fracasados's Mai Yao Yao proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Fracasados from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theagenis Papageorgiou in the 17th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Fracasados defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mai Yao Yao. The Fracasados fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mai Yao Yao should have stopped the shot. In the 21st minute, Juan Sebastián Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Theagenis Papageorgiou's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. Theagenis Papageorgiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 43rd minute Theagenis Papageorgiou 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theagenis Papageorgiou in the 45th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Felix Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mai Yao Yao. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felix Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. Mai Yao Yao 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 53rd minute. After 53 minutes, Ciro Tab mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fracasados and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Fracasados getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Ciro Tab hit a great ball. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 57th match minute, Fracasados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Tab to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Daniel Zorita hit a great ball. 63 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Javier Beti. Mai Yao Yao didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Honorio Lapurdi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Andino struck a weak shot in the 71st minute. Mai Yao Yao didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fracasados'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. At last the ball reached Cristian Sancho at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of Fracasados. 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mai Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mai Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 86 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Mai Yao Yao was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ecuador's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.