Challenge

Santa Elvira
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Javier Casas kicked off to start the match. Adam Badiola hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 3rd minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Ignacio Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 4 minutes into the match, Inter de Chillán's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but José Ignacio Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Inter de Chillán's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Felix Montenegro kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 12th minute there was a penalty for Ecuador. Daniel Zorita stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving José Ignacio Rocha. 0-1. 17 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. José Ignacio Rocha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Javier Casas in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 25th minute of play forced Inter de Chillán's goalkeeper José Ignacio Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Inter de Chillán's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. Amado Mas thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished José Ignacio Rocha, a very annoying self made goal in the 26th minute which led to 0-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lothar Matthæus during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lothar Matthæus hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute, Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Lothar Matthæus hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. José Ignacio Rocha 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 46th minute. In the 47th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of José Ignacio Rocha. Inter de Chillán's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Inter de Chillán's José Ignacio Rocha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Inter de Chillán from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the match, Inter de Chillán's goalkeeper José Ignacio Rocha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Jorge Valdivia took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. After 76 played minutes Ecuador's Cristian Sancho stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but José Ignacio Rocha stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Inter de Chillán of the goal. In the 77th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Inter de Chillán's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 78th minute, Felix Montes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. José Ignacio Rocha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luis Andino in the 81st minute. José Ignacio Rocha made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Lothar Matthæus was shown his second yellow card after 83 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Lothar Matthæus kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cristian Sancho was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 85th minute. Ecuador's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. With a little luck, Inter de Chillán's José Ignacio Rocha got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Inter de Chillán's Javier Casas got a free kick in the 93rd minute. 98 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Inter de Chillán's José Ignacio Rocha. José Ignacio Rocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ecuador played a much better game than Inter de Chillán and deserved their victory. The Inter de Chillán players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.