Challenge

Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lucílio Figueiras received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Felix Montenegro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Fredy Montero tried to sneak it across the goal line. 13 minutes into the game, Fredy Montero recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Julio Vera. Fredy Montero showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great ball. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Luis Andino kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucílio Figueiras in the 24th minute of the match. Marcus Edwards hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. 29 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas. Renato Vargas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucílio Figueiras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredy Montero in the 56th minute of play. Cristian Sancho scored 2-2 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Renato Vargas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fredy Montero, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Antonio Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 70th minute, Eurico lago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 72nd minute of play forced Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper Renato Vargas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Renato Vargas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Andino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Sporting Clube de Gaya defense, Luis Andino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Renato Vargas. The Sporting Clube de Gaya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Renato Vargas should have stopped the shot. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting Clube de Gaya from getting a goal against them. Renato Vargas made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Luis Andino sent off a good shot on target. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felix Montenegro who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 88thth minute tested the skills of Renato Vargas when he managed to save the team from getting behind. When Fredy Montero fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sporting Clube de Gaya's protests and gave Fredy Montero a yellow card for diving instead. Fredy Montero hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita, 96 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.