Challenge

Estadio Monumental
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zeng Ting Xing in the 4th minute. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Santiago Meruendano sent off a good shot on target. Ali Vedat Çelikyay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 16th minute of play forced Union Y Progreso F.C.'s goalkeeper Ali Vedat Çelikyay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santiago Meruendano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. Ali Vedat Çelikyay 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 21st minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Union Y Progreso F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Antonio Arias hit a great ball. 26 minutes into the game, Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Pan Zheng Li 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, 1-0. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zeng Ting Xing went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 34 minutes in the game, Daniel Zorita dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Meruendano in the 35th minute of the match. Union Y Progreso F.C.'s Zeng Ting Xing got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zeng Ting Xing in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Santiago Meruendano made a kick off. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santiago Meruendano in the 50th minute of the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santiago Meruendano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Ali Vedat Çelikyay 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 Santiago Meruendano in the 56th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Meruendano in the 61st minute of play. In the 62nd minute of the match Union Y Progreso F.C. got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabio Cordarell ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Ali Vedat Çelikyay in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 68th minute, Santiago Meruendano 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. 70 minutes into the match, Santiago Meruendano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Santiago Meruendano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ali Vedat Çelikyay made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. In the 83rd minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zeng Ting Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 91st minute Zeng Ting Xing 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeng Ting Xing in the 92nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ecuador players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Union Y Progreso F.C..