Challenge

Perry Hall Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) CJ Street started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nathanial Alsford'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. Nathanial Alsford helped the player get up and apologised. Nathanial Alsford hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Jude Bonham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 19th minute of play. Daniel Zorita scored 0-1 in the 19th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jude Bonham, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play forced Barr Point's goalkeeper Jude Bonham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st match minute, Barr Point was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Den Newland to maneuver through the defense. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Jude Bonham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 34th minute, Kev Granger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 35th minute of the match Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jude Bonham showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After having played for 36 minutes, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felix Montenegro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 41st minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jude Bonham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jude Bonham. Jude Bonham dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Jude Bonham in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Jude Bonham tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, Nathanial Alsford hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Terry Steele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by CJ Street in the 68th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Jude Bonham in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Den Newland in the 74th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Barr Point's goalkeeper Jude Bonham had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 93 played minutes Barr Point got a freekick which was hit by Kev Granger. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Barr Point fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.