Challenge

La Cascada Cordobesa
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Manantiales Fc's Zbigniew Barowicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 2nd minute of play. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Federico Hanni tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zbigniew Barowicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of the match. Zbigniew Barowicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 13th minute of the match. Roque Arias hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Manantiales Fc's Ronaldo Ronaldo got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zbigniew Barowicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbigniew Barowicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match Roque Arias sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera skillfully saved the ball. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Federico Hanni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zbigniew Barowicz came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After having played for 42 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roque Arias kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. In the 45th 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: 0-4. In the 47th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manantiales Fc's Isidro Cresencio was substituted for Tobias Cuarto. Manantiales Fc's Jonathan Reno was substituted for Ronaldo Ronaldo. Cristian Sancho hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Federico Hanni made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Hanni came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miguel Quintas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Manantiales Fc's Zbigniew Barowicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Manantiales Fc from getting a goal against them. Zbigniew Barowicz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zbigniew Barowicz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Federico Hanni's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Miguel Quintas might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Miguel Quintas ran back to his position shaking his head. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Quintas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manantiales Fc's Zbigniew Barowicz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 76th minute of play. In the 79th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Manantiales Fc'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. After having played for 84 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Federico Hanni ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbigniew Barowicz having to interfere. Ecuador played a much better game than Manantiales Fc and deserved their victory. The Manantiales Fc players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.