Challenge

Meadow Lane
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Esbjörn Fågel got the match started through his kick off. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 6 minutes, Zachariasz Hoffman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Real Ale Madrid and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 7th match minute, Real Ale Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachariasz Hoffman to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anselmo Papo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 15th minute of play forced Real Ale Madrid's goalkeeper Anselmo Papo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Ale Madrid's Anselmo Papo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Real Ale Madrid defense, Cristian Sancho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anselmo Papo. The Real Ale Madrid fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anselmo Papo should have stopped the shot. After 24 played minutes Real Ale Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Esbjörn Fågel. Real Ale Madrid's Anselmo Papo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 27th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anselmo Papo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anselmo Papo 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 30th minute. Anselmo Papo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Papo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Seb Thackray's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Seb Thackray helped the player get up and apologised. In the 37th match minute, Real Ale Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seb Thackray to maneuver through the defense. Luis Andino hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esbjörn Fågel in the 39th minute of the match. Silvester Eastham kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after Real Ale Madrid's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Real Ale Madrid's Anselmo Papo managed to reach the ball for a save. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Through an outstanding action, after 50 minutes, Anselmo Papo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 53 minutes Real Ale Madrid's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Real Ale Madrid's Anselmo Papo managed to reach the ball for a save. 53 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anselmo Papo. Real Ale Madrid's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Anselmo Papo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 60th minute of play. Anselmo Papo was out of position in the 61 minute of play, and Daniel Zorita capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Daniel Zorita really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Anselmo Papo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 73th minute after Real Ale Madrid's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Real Ale Madrid's Anselmo Papo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Real Ale Madrid from getting a goal against them. Anselmo Papo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 76th minute. In the 77th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Daniel Zorita's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anselmo Papo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Grealish, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 85 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anselmo Papo. Real Ale Madrid's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Fernando Grealish received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.