Challenge

Lusail
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute the ball was on its way in behind La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dibag Martinez having to interfere. 6 minutes into the match, Lautaro Martinez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Julio Vera, 1-0. Leandro Paredes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Dibag Martinez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustín Saelices in the 27th minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Lautaro Martinez came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the La Scaloneta 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 Lautaro Martinez couldn't finish the play. In the 34th minute, Paulo Dybala hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of play. Ángel-Fabián Di María could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Dibag Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of play. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Dibag Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dibag Martinez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Leandro Paredes hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lion Messi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Lion Messi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 50th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Felix Montenegro came up free with the goalie in the 53rd 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 Felix Montenegro couldn't finish the play. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Dibag Martinez made a huge save. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Dibag Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 63rd minute of play. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Dibag Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Dibag Martinez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 minutes La Scaloneta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Ecuador's Felix Montenegro to fire away a dangerous shot which Dibag Martinez despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Felix Montenegro put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dibag Martinez. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Agustín Saelices got free with Dibag Martinez in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 83rd minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Dibag Martinez made a huge save. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dibag Martinez came out and tried to block the shot, but Cristian Sancho slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 90th minute.