Challenge

San Juanero Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Agustín Saelices managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Agustín Saelices was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Melchor Ardines took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julio Vera. Ecuador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Raimundo Rapela hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After 11 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Karlo Tebar was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 15th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Carretero in the 18th minute of the match. Karlo Tebar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of play. Karlo Tebar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play. Arsenio Carretero did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Julio Vera 28 minutes into the match. Refugio Abancens hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Ecuador's Luis Andino got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Moral FC's Karlo Tebar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 36th minute of play. In the 40th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Karlo Tebar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Melchor Ardines came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The wind increased when Arsenio Carretero made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match Refugio Abancens shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Refugio Abancens in the 53rd minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Carretero in the 58th minute of the match. Refugio Abancens kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. When Clodio Valdivielso fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Moral FC's protests and gave Clodio Valdivielso a yellow card for diving instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Melchor Ardines during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 65th minute, Melchor Ardines hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th minute, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. In the 69th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Karlo Tebar having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Daniel Zorita reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Karlo Tebar. The goal made the score 1-3. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arsenio Carretero in the 75th minute of play. Karlo Tebar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Agustín Saelices in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Refugio Abancens in the 80th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsenio Carretero in the 86th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Arsenio Carretero put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Clementi Copeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Karlo Tebar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Moral FC.