Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita made the kick off and thus started the match. Jose-Manuel Alabern struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gowland. Gowland's Ezequiel Candela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 7th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Luis Andino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ezequiel Candela was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ezequiel Candela 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 10th minute. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose-Manuel Alabern in the 15th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jose-Manuel Alabern, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jose-Manuel Alabern in the 21st minute of play. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ezequiel Candela made a huge save. Gowland's Ezequiel Candela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Gowland from getting a goal against them. Ezequiel Candela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute, Jose-Manuel Alabern hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gowland's defense didn't have a chance, in the 32nd minute, when Luis Andino scored to the left of an out of position Ezequiel Candela, making the score, 2-0. 35 minutes into the match, Gowland's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Ezequiel Candela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute, Jose-Manuel Alabern ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Ezequiel Candela made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 43rd minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jose-Manuel Alabern to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Daniel Zorita hit a great ball. Jose-Manuel Alabern's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jose-Manuel Alabern was slow to take the kick. During this time Gowland's players had a chance to rest. Jose-Manuel Alabern made a great header on Gowland's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Ezequiel Candela 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 57th minute. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Ezequiel Candela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. 61 minutes into the match, Gowland's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Ezequiel Candela reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gowland's Alfredo Fresnos was substituted for Santi Goyanes. Ezequiel Candela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jose-Manuel Alabern 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 Alfredo Fresnos went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 77th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Candela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute Luis Andino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ezequiel Candela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after Gowland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Gowland's Ezequiel Candela managed to reach the ball for a save. If Piotr Charamut had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Ezequiel Candela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Huly Estruch kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Gowland's Ezequiel Candela didn't even have to move. The audience was convinced that Jose-Manuel Alabern's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Jose-Manuel Alabern put it in 2-3 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Gowland to win.