Challenge

Estádio Sertaneja
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Arturo Bondi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maximino Acevedo 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 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Arturo Bondi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Arturo Bondi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the match, Fazendinha's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Maximino Acevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th match minute, Fazendinha was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alf Håning to maneuver through the defense. Fazendinha's Maximino Acevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of play. Maximino Acevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 20th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Maximino Acevedo saved Fazendinha from getting behind. 22 minutes into the match, Fazendinha's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Maximino Acevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Fazendinha's goalie and right to Cristian Sancho. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Fazendinha's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Luiz Guilherme Melo was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 26th minute. Fazendinha's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão de Barros got free with Julio Vera in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 34thth minute of the game Arturo Bondi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Arturo Bondi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Arturo Bondi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fazendinha's supporters rose to their feet, but Arturo Bondi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fazendinha's Maximino Acevedo 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 40 played minutes Fazendinha got a freekick which was hit by Gavino Guter. Fazendinha's Maximino Acevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arturo Bondi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Fazendinha were awarded a corner. Alf Håning went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Alf Håning got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 60th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Arias to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 62nd minute of play forced Fazendinha's goalkeeper Maximino Acevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Arturo Bondi 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. When Fazendinha's Arturo Bondi in the 74th minute got a chance for a shot 74th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. In the 76th minute, Fazendinha's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristóvão de Barros in the 81st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Arturo Bondi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Maximino Acevedo was a little too slow when Cristian Sancho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 84th minute. The score was now 1-1. 88 minutes into the match, Arturo Bondi notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luiz Guilherme Melo in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Bondi went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Fazendinha fans cheered their team off the field, for while Ecuador had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.