Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso got the match started through his kick off. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 2nd minute of play. Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Esteco from getting a goal against them. With his leg Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo managed to avoid a goal in the 8thth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo was out of position in the 11 minute of play, and Cristian Sancho capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Cristian Sancho really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Samuel Claude'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 17th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, Esteco's Samuel Claude nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 20th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the game, Esteco's Lorenzo Boni nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. When Samuel Claude fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Esteco's protests and gave Samuel Claude a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Esteco getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Samuel Claude hit a great ball. 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 28th minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Esteco's Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 31st minute, Zbyszko Szpakowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso in the 35th minute of the match. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 37th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. In the 41st minute Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso 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. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Amadeo-Raúl Carrizo 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 Samuel Claude in the 62nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Samuel Claude was slow to take the kick. During this time Esteco's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Samuel Claude almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. In the 74th minute, Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso 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. Lorenzo Boni kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lorenzo Boni during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lorenzo Boni hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Norberto-Osvaldo Alonso took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lorenzo Boni in the 86th minute. Esteco made a substitution. Rodolfo Perez replaced Celedonio Oliverios. 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 Esteco to win.