Challenge

Juan Roman Riquelme
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita 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. After some careless play in the Quimeras Jrs. defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Conrado Txurio. The Quimeras Jrs. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Conrado Txurio should have stopped the shot. 6 minutes into the match, Quimeras Jrs.'s goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Conrado Txurio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute, Juan Sebastián Puig ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Conrado Txurio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Conrado Txurio. Conrado Txurio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Jonatan Orlin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Conrado Txurio was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. A collision led to Quimeras Jrs. getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Rogelio Kismi hit a great ball. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Conrado Txurio. Conrado Txurio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play forced Quimeras Jrs.'s goalkeeper Conrado Txurio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Francisco Seme charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Francisco Seme the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Francisco Seme hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Daniel Zorita put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Conrado Txurio. Conrado Txurio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Justino Sayveon made a kick off. Rogelio Kismi kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Conrado Txurio 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 64th match minute, Quimeras Jrs. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francisco Seme to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 0-10 when Daniel Zorita sped through Quimeras Jrs.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Conrado Txurio. Quimeras Jrs.'s Conrado Txurio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Quimeras Jrs. from getting a goal against them. 77 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Conrado Txurio made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-11. In the 83rdth minute of the game Luis Andino who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Quimeras Jrs.'s Conrado Txurio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cristian Sancho scored 0-12 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Conrado Txurio, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 91 minutes into the game, Rogelio Kismi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Quimeras Jrs.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Conrado Txurio in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Quimeras Jrs. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.