Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bernardino Ipar took the kick off in the first half of the match. Martin Alexa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 7th minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuan Di Xing in the 11th minute of play. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 16th minute of play. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after TAXI-MM-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardino Ipar came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jacek Krzynowek was slow to take the kick. During this time TAXI-MM-'s players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Bernardino Ipar got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuan Di Xing in the 33rd minute of play. Ecuador's defense didn't have a chance, in the 35th minute, when Bernardino Ipar scored to the left of an out of position Julio Vera, making the score, 1-0. Yuan Di Xing fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After some careless play in the TAXI-MM- defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Alexa. The TAXI-MM- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Alexa should have stopped the shot.

In the 50th minute, Agustín Saelices hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Martin Alexa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 55 minutes into the game, TAXI-MM-'s Bernardino Ipar 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, 2-1. Luis Andino's late challenge caught a TAXI-MM-'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luis Andino helped the player get up and apologised. Luis Andino hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 63rd 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. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Martin Alexa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 67thth minute got Martin Alexa to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar in the 71st minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardino Ipar in the 75th minute of play. Bernardino Ipar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save TAXI-MM- from getting a goal against them. After 80 played minutes TAXI-MM- got a freekick which was hit by Aabel Aibast. Martin Alexa made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Martin Alexa was a little too slow when Daniel Zorita got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 83rd minute. The score was now 2-2. TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save TAXI-MM- from getting a goal against them. Martin Alexa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 90th minute. Yuan Di Xing 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. Pedro Celipe kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. Daniel Zorita struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Martin Alexa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.