Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tibalt Tanasio got the match started through his kick off. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tibalt Tanasio in the 3rd minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tibalt Tanasio in the 4th minute of play. Zorion Arraña hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Sandalio Domingo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's zone, Luis Andino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sandalio Domingo came out of the goal and Luis Andino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 13th minute, Daniel Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute of the match Zorion Arraña shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's Beltza Galnares got a free kick in the 15th minute. Felix Montenegro might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sandalio Domingo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felix Montenegro ran back to his position shaking his head. ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's Sandalio Domingo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of play. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute. Etxekopar Devesa charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Etxekopar Devesa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 24 played minutes ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ got a freekick which was hit by Etxekopar Devesa. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 29th 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. When Hechter Trinidad fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's protests and gave Hechter Trinidad a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st match minute, ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zorion Arraña to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sandalio Domingo was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Sandalio Domingo came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Cristian Sancho might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sandalio Domingo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Sancho ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 53 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sandalio Domingo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 62nd minute of play. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandalio Domingo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's Zorion Arraña got a free kick in the 63rd minute. 66 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sandalio Domingo. ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Agustín Saelices was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustín Saelices in the 71st minute of play forced ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's goalkeeper Sandalio Domingo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sandalio Domingo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 72nd minute of the match. After 72 minutes, Felix Montenegro made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's Sandalio Domingo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandalio Domingo having to interfere. Primitivo Andino made in the 79th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Primitivo Andino however managed to control. 82 minutes into the match, ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Sandalio Domingo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 84th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandalio Domingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 played minutes ꜱᴀᴊʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴄ got a freekick which was hit by Hechter Trinidad. In the 90th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sandalio Domingo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Tibalt Tanasio could shoot a difficult shot in the 91st minute, which Julio Vera however easily saved by the left post. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.