Challenge

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Salvador Hats started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 7th minute of the match. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when El Fortín de Floresta's Salvador Hats fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 18th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Orlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute of the match, Delmar Manex got a very nice opportunity to score, but Julio Vera was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 26th 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Aguilera in the 28th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute of the match El Fortín de Floresta 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. Casimiro Policarpio ran over to the corner to take the kick. A hard shot 31 in the game by Salvador Hats from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of play. Santos Orlan 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 40th minute. After a rather tough play, El Fortín de Floresta's Alvino Tinto got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alvino Tinto during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, El Fortín de Floresta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvino Tinto to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Lauras Pukelevičius fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Fortín de Floresta's protests and gave Lauras Pukelevičius a yellow card for diving instead. In the 57th minute, Lauras Pukelevičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 62 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goalkeeper Santos Orlan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. El Fortín de Floresta's defense didn't have a chance, in the 68th minute, when Cristian Sancho scored to the left of an out of position Santos Orlan, making the score, 1-1. 75 minutes into the game, Agustín Saelices was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Ecuador's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Fortín de Floresta the free kick. 75 minutes into the game, one of Ecuador:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 80thth minute of the game Salvador Hats 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. After 81 minutes, Salvador Hats made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Santos Orlan in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 88th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucio Stanislao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when El Fortín de Floresta's Cipriano Aguilera shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-1 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Salvador Hats put it in 5-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera.