Challenge

Arena Resenha
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Deilmison Bergkamp started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durval Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 13 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Deilmison Yashin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 15th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Deilmison Yashin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deilmison Yashin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 23rd minute of play. Rubens Tasso's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rubens Tasso helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Deilmison Bergkamp's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Daniel Zorita kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Adriano Diazs short, quick shot in the 31stth minute got Julio Vera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Deilmison Yashin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 35th minute, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Deilmison Bergkamp ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Julio Vera. Julio Vera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durval Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Deilmison Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustín Saelices, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 47 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Deilmison Yashin. Deilmison Yashin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

After 51 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig. Deilmison Bergkamp fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Leonel Botelho got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 67 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Deilmison Yashin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Agustín Saelices. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deilmison Bergkamp in the 70th minute of play. Deilmison Yashin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Deilmison Bergkamp got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durval Tinoco in the 85th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Deilmison Yashin firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 88th minute, Rubens Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Ecuador had controlled the match.