Challenge

Ridi Nou Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) El Ridiculo Football Club's Eusebio Elorri 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. 13 minutes into the match, El Ridiculo Football Club's Eusebio Elorri sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, El Ridiculo Football Club's Lucas Otsando got a free kick in the 14th minute. After 18 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rosendo Munio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rosendo Munio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 23rd minute of the match. Rosendo Munio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 32 minutes into the match, El Ridiculo Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Rosendo Munio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Eusebio Elorri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Eusebio Elorri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 37 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eusebio Elorri. Rosendo Munio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Ecuador's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Eusebio Elorri fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Rosendo Munio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 44th minute of the match. Rosendo Munio 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 45th minute. Rosendo Munio 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, El Ridiculo Football Club's Arvin Palm got a free kick in the 59th minute. Rosendo Munio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 65th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Otso Lumio during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to El Ridiculo Football Club getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Otso Lumio hit a great ball. 70 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rosendo Munio. El Ridiculo Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Rosendo Munio in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 74th minute, Primitivo Andino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Eusebio Elorri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to El Ridiculo Football Club getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Arvin Palm hit a great ball. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Ridiculo Football Club's Remigio Gabrio was substituted for Eusebio Elorri. Donald Cohr hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Juan Sebastián Puig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emiliano Oberrauch'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. Emiliano Oberrauch helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Ridiculo Football Club getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Emiliano Oberrauch hit a great ball. Otso Lumio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador played a much better game than El Ridiculo Football Club and deserved their victory. The El Ridiculo Football Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.