Challenge

El Coliseo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Yusuf Altunova sent off a good shot on target. Zäfär Güläliyev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 11th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zäfär Güläliyev made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 17 minutes into the match, Los up up's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Zäfär Güläliyev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play forced Los up up's goalkeeper Zäfär Güläliyev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zäfär Güläliyev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zäfär Güläliyev was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Bren McPhil blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. When Los up up's Sabahattin Hanönü in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Zäfär Güläliyev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zäfär Güläliyev. Los up up's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Los up up's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zäfär Güläliyev came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zäfär Güläliyev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led Ecuador's Daniel Zorita to fire away a dangerous shot which Zäfär Güläliyev despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Yusuf Altunova sent off a good shot on target. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yusuf Altunova to strike the kick off in the second half. Agustín Saelices hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. In the 55th minute Bren McPhil 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. With a little luck, Los up up's Zäfär Güläliyev got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sabahattin Hanönü received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Bren McPhil came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sabahattin Hanönü went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Adrianinho Thuram's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrianinho Thuram helped the player get up and apologised. Adrianinho Thuram kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. When Agustín Saelices came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Agustín Saelices couldn't finish the play. 74 minutes into the match, Los up up's goalkeeper Zäfär Güläliyev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. The crowd rose to their feet as Daniel Zorita kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zäfär Güläliyev. That made the score 1-3 in the 77 minute of play. Felix Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Zäfär Güläliyev made a huge save. In the 83rd minute Sabahattin Hanönü 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. 84 minutes into the match, Los up up's goalkeeper Zäfär Güläliyev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. After 89 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. Yusuf Altunova scored 2-3 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Yusuf Altunova's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Los up up throughout the match.