Challenge

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dündar Ülkenur got the match started through his kick off. Yağızalp Özerkmen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Paulo Flores fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Yağızalp Özerkmen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yağızalp Özerkmen having to interfere. After some careless play in the Los Tatangelos defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yağızalp Özerkmen. The Los Tatangelos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yağızalp Özerkmen should have stopped the shot. Dündar Ülkenur fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yağızalp Özerkmen having to interfere. A hard shot 31 in the game by Dündar Ülkenur from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Los Tatangelos defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yağızalp Özerkmen. The Los Tatangelos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yağızalp Özerkmen should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Yağızalp Özerkmen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dündar Ülkenur in the 44th minute. After 45 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Göktürk Bozlak who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Los Tatangelos's Adérito Aleixo to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Daniel Zorita scored 0-4 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yağızalp Özerkmen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Yağızalp Özerkmen was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Daniel Zorita showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 60 minute of play. Los Tatangelos's Dündar Ülkenur got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dündar Ülkenur, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Dündar Ülkenur put it in 1-5 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Yağızalp Özerkmen in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 79 minutes of play, Los Tatangelos's Jorge Figueiredo made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yağızalp Özerkmen was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Daniel Zorita capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniel Zorita really showed his touch with that goal: 2-7. If Paulo Flores had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Los Tatangelos's Dündar Ülkenur in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.