Challenge

Tempest Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaunti Vidrio kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rosio Hermosilla in the 4th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Seven Tempest FC were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Edmundo Eradi took the corner. 8 minutes into the match, Seven Tempest FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Billy Melander reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jaunti Vidrio in the 13th 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. In the 14th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Zorita to maneuver through the defense. Lucio Filare hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 19th minute. Billy Melander 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 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Melander having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jaunti Vidrio came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play forced Seven Tempest FC's goalkeeper Billy Melander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Rexino Galvan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Seven Tempest FC's Billy Melander didn't even have to move. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Seven Tempest FC's Jaunti Vidrio fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 35th minute of play forced Seven Tempest FC's goalkeeper Billy Melander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Billy Melander came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Teofilo Silvestre managed to get in a good position for a shot. Seven Tempest FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Teofilo Silvestre 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. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Billy Melander breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 55 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Billy Melander was left in no man's land by his defense there! Seven Tempest FC's Andres Bujia was substituted for Jaunti Vidrio. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Billy Melander in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Seven Tempest FC's Billy Melander proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Seven Tempest FC from getting a goal against them. After having played for 66 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Billy Melander in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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 69th minute. After 71 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. Ecuador's Primitivo Andino suffered a sore thigh after 74 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jano Škarpa during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ecuador made a substitution. Max Alvarado replaced Primitivo Andino. Billy Melander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 85th minute of play. In the 89th minute Teofilo Silvestre 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. When Teofilo Silvestre fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Seven Tempest FC's protests and gave Teofilo Silvestre a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Seven Tempest FC's Teofilo Silvestre got a free kick in the 91st minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andres Bujia in the 95th minute of play. Ecuador played a much better game than Seven Tempest FC and deserved their victory. The Seven Tempest FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.