Challenge

Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lucílio Figueiras made the kick off which started today's match. Renato Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Renato Vargas. Sporting Clube de Gaya's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 10th 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. After some careless play in the Sporting Clube de Gaya defense, Agustín Saelices kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Renato Vargas. The Sporting Clube de Gaya fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Renato Vargas should have stopped the shot. In the 20th minute, Armando Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renato Vargas having to interfere. Marcus Edwards hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucílio Figueiras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fredy Montero charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fredy Montero the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fredy Montero hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. A collision led to Sporting Clube de Gaya getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Armando Mendes hit a great ball. After having played for 43 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Eurico lago fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sporting Clube de Gaya's protests and gave Eurico lago a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Sporting Clube de Gaya's Eurico lago got a free kick in the 46th minute. 48 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Fredy Montero 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. Renato Vargas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 63rd minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucílio Figueiras in the 65th minute of play. Renato Vargas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 66th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Renato Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 69th minute of play. Antonio Arias kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Agustín Saelices got a free kick in the 77th minute. Luis Andino received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Renato Vargas came out and tried to block the shot, but Luis Andino slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 84th minute. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Sporting Clube de Gaya throughout the match.