Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Frederico Salazar got the match started through his kick off. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dário Veríssimo firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Dário Veríssimo in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute, Frederico Salazar 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. Dário Veríssimo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Dário Veríssimo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frederico Salazar in the 26th minute of the match. In the 28thth minute of the game Frederico Salazar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frederico Salazar in the 30th minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frederico Salazar in the 32nd minute of play. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC from getting a goal against them. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. In the 36th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Dário Veríssimo made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Dário Veríssimo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Daniel Zorita showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 41 minute of play. Albérico Calçada kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zorita was the one to do the kick off. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frederico Salazar in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 55th minute of play forced ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's goalkeeper Dário Veríssimo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dário Veríssimo came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 63rd minute Bóas Bolas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 66th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 68th minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Daniel Zorita got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dário Veríssimo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dário Veríssimo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 72nd minute of the match. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Dário Veríssimo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jedrzej Bazan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's Dário Veríssimo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 82nd minute of play. In the 85th minute Frederico Salazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bóas Bolas in the 86th minute. Bóas Bolas made a great header on ALF⚽RNEL⚽S FC's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Dário Veríssimo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 94th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Dário Veríssimo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. There was no doubt that Ecuador were the better team. Ecuador's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.