Challenge

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Through an outstanding action, after 4 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Silvio Kaxen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Silvio Kaxen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silvio Kaxen in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aristides Conrao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Lauti BOYS defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aristides Conrao. The Lauti BOYS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aristides Conrao should have stopped the shot. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Aristides Conrao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erubiel Harkaitz'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. Erubiel Harkaitz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lauti BOYS's Erubiel Harkaitz got a free kick in the 37th minute. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aristides Conrao having to interfere. In the 41st minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aristides Conrao was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Luisito Ibañez sent off a good shot on target.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luisito Ibañez was the one to do the kick off. Aristides Conrao made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, Lauti BOYS's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Cristian Sancho fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Aristides Conrao made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Daniel Zorita hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Silvio Kaxen in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Aristides Conrao managed to avoid a goal in the 70thth minute, when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Roque Senon'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. Roque Senon helped the player get up and apologised. After 73 played minutes Lauti BOYS got a freekick which was hit by Roque Senon. In the 79th minute, Aureliano Mancio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aristides Conrao didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Agustín Saelices went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Luis Andino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luisito Ibañez in the 90th minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Felix Montenegro notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Lauti BOYS's Aristides Conrao. Aristides Conrao was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Lauti BOYS.