Challenge

El fortin Tricolor
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Ponc saved Villa Mitre City from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Daniel Zorita put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ariel Ponc. In the 22nd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Ponc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Urbano Mendiko might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Urbano Mendiko ran back to his position shaking his head. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Villa Mitre City's Feliciano Fernendo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Julio Vera. That made the score 1-1 after 32 minutes of play. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Villa Mitre City's Ariel Ponc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 37th minute of play. After having played for 42 minutes, Saturnino Lehior managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Villa Mitre City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Saturnino Lehior was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

Villa Mitre City's Benigno Ibañez was substituted for Chus Insausti. Villa Mitre City made a substitution. Imam Sarwono replaced Saturnino Lehior. Villa Mitre City made a substitution. Mauricio Macías replaced Arsenio Maria. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Feliciano Fernendo to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cristian Sancho in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ariel Ponc saved Villa Mitre City from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Feliciano Fernendo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Ariel Ponc in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Montes was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After some fancy dribbling in the 66th 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. Ariel Ponc breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ariel Ponc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 68th minute. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Ariel Ponc made a huge save. In the 70th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Villa Mitre City'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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauricio Macías in the 75th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Ecuador's Ariel Ponc threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luis Andino, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Mauricio Macías struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Villa Mitre City. Julio Vera didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Villa Mitre City's Mauricio Macías shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-2 in the ordered_time% minute. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 87th 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 Antonio Arias fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ecuador's protests and gave Antonio Arias a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Ecuador fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 90th minute. Penalty! Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.