Challenge

Truchampions Arena
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wilbur Bain got the match started through his kick off. Wilbur Bain received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Wilbur Bain slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 7th minute. In the 10thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Truchampionero FC's Iordanis Alexandridis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Truchampionero FC's Iordanis Alexandridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iordanis Alexandridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 13 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iordanis Alexandridis was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Truchampionero FC's Wilbur Bain in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Cristian Sancho hit a great ball. After 24 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 余帆南 who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that 余帆南 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 26 played minutes Truchampionero FC got a freekick which was hit by A.J. Belcher. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Felix Montenegro in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iordanis Alexandridis saved Truchampionero FC from getting behind. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wilbur Bain in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iordanis Alexandridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iordanis Alexandridis. Truchampionero FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. The Truchampionero FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Venancio Bixintxo notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 58th minute, Felix Montenegro reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Iordanis Alexandridis. The goal made the score 2-3. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Iordanis Alexandridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita succeeded in the game's 71st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-4. After 81 minutes of play, Truchampionero FC's Jack Kazimierz made it 3-4 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! After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Venancio Bixintxo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Venancio Bixintxo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 88 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-5. Iordanis Alexandridis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The Truchampionero FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.