Challenge

Stadio FataMorgana
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ciccio Nazzari got the match started through his kick off. Attilio Proia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Montenegro in the 2nd minute of play. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Attilio Proia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Attilio Proia didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Agustín Saelices went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 17th minute, Agustín Saelices left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Attilio Proia having to interfere. A collision led to FataMorgana getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Camillo Tartaglia hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of play forced FataMorgana's goalkeeper Attilio Proia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, FataMorgana's Biagio Guerra dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Cristian Sancho got in the 31st a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Attilio Proia handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 33 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In a very dangerous position, a player in FataMorgana fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 34th minute. Penalty! The referee gave Ecuador a penalty, 35 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Daniel Zorita, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FataMorgana's Attilio Proia. 1-3. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciccio Nazzari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Luis Andino got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-4. 47 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

After a defensive mix-up in FataMorgana's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Attilio Proia came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to FataMorgana getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ernesto Fantasia hit a great ball. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 62nd minute of the match, Daniel Zorita got a very nice opportunity to score, but Attilio Proia was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Attilio Proia made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 74th minute after FataMorgana's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Felix Montenegro was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 80th minute of play forced FataMorgana's goalkeeper Attilio Proia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Attilio Proia 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 81st minute. Fedele Sammartano kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 90th minute. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FataMorgana.