Challenge

Jail of Lions
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) CF Eleven Lions 2007's Allan Johansson 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. After having played for 7 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. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Allan Johansson in the 9th minute. Claudio Mele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 10th minute of the match. In the 12th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Mele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Mele having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Daniel Zorita 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: 0-1. In the 29th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio Mele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudio Mele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 35th minute of play forced CF Eleven Lions 2007's goalkeeper Claudio Mele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Claudio Mele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 46 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montenegro. CF Eleven Lions 2007's Allan Johansson got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Claudio Mele didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Claudio Mele made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 53rd minute. The supporters of CF Eleven Lions 2007 booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Zorita didn't get a good kick on the ball. Claudio Mele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 63rd minute of play. Claudio Mele made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Johansson in the 73rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, CF Eleven Lions 2007's Claudio Mele got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute Allan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CF Eleven Lions 2007's Claudio Mele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 83rd minute of play. In the 86th minute Allan Johansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Claudio Mele. Claudio Mele dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. The CF Eleven Lions 2007 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.