Challenge

Estadio 2 de junio
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 4th 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 6th minute of play forced Smash FC's goalkeeper Paulino Mitxaut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Smash FC'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. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Paulino Mitxaut quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paulino Mitxaut was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Paulino Mitxaut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulino Mitxaut saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 15th 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. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by Smash FC's Denis Viviano. But to his dismay, Denis Viviano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Paulino Mitxaut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of the match. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play forced Smash FC's goalkeeper Paulino Mitxaut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulino Mitxaut made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of play. After having played for 29 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Smash FC's Paulino Mitxaut played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 30th minute of play. Luis Andino hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Smash FC's Paulino Mitxaut managed to reach the ball for a save. Qwinton Urtubia might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Qwinton Urtubia ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Qwinton Urtubia got free with Julio Vera in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Denis Viviano made the kick off in the second half. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Denis Viviano in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Sebastián Puig to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute of the match Venancio Felipillo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera skillfully saved the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Montes during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Felix Montes hit a great ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Viviano, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Denis Viviano went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. With a little luck, Smash FC's Paulino Mitxaut got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Smash FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Cristian Sancho 67 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-1. 70 minutes into the match, Qwinton Urtubia had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Qwinton Urtubia was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Paulino Mitxaut to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mario Asur hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. In the 79th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Viviano in the 84th minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Viviano, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great ball. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Smash FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.