Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. 6 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Carmelo Vachon came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's Albert Gaardahl sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jose Vimaro made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. 10 minutes into the match, Albert Gaardahl had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Albert Gaardahl was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Albert Gaardahl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Cristian Sancho slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jose Vimaro. That made the score 1-1 after 21 minutes of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jose Vimaro made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. 30 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's Albert Gaardahl sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 33 minutes, Albert Gaardahl managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Maquina 9-12-18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Albert Gaardahl was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Vachon in the 34th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jose Vimaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 37th minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Ignazio didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carmelo Vachon in the 43rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Albert Gaardahl managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Maquina 9-12-18's supporters rose to their feet, but Albert Gaardahl 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Albert Gaardahl stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 53rd minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's Albert Gaardahl sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Felix Montenegro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Vimaro having to interfere. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 67th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Jose Vimaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jose Vimaro 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 83rd minute. 86 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Carmelo Vachon came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute, Carmelo Vachon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 88 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. In the 94th minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jose Vimaro was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Ecuador walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.