Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Chico Vass didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. With a little luck, FC Santo Giorgio's Chico Vass got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Alex Garrido's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Chico Vass tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cheito Lozano hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Santo Giorgio's goalkeeper Chico Vass, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Garrido in the 33rd minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Garrido in the 33rd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chico Vass. FC Santo Giorgio's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Alex Garrido scored 3-1 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rivaldo Sagel's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rivaldo Sagel helped the player get up and apologised. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alex Garrido stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chico Vass saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chico Vass took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Santo Giorgio made a substitution. Ryland Giggs replaced Silvano Laurin. Primitivo Andino hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. 70 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of FC Santo Giorgio's Chico Vass. Chico Vass was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Garrido in the 73rd minute of play. FC Santo Giorgio's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alex Garrido in the 74th minute. FC Santo Giorgio's Alex Garrido was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After 80 played minutes FC Santo Giorgio got a freekick which was hit by Cesare Pirlo. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ryland Giggs got free with Julio Vera in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 85th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chico Vass saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chico Vass didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ryland Giggs's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Ecuador had played much better football throughout.