Challenge

Estádio Cercadinho
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Valiente Venezian sent off a good shot on target. Mugurel Zota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Valiente Venezian sent off a good shot on target. Mugurel Zota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valiente Venezian in the 29th minute of play. Abdulkadir Turay fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Antonio Arias almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota did a great save. Ricardinho Sousa kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Mugurel Zota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luisinho Vinhas kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Cercadinho's Izydor Domamir got a free kick in the 45th minute. Cristian Sancho scored 0-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mugurel Zota, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Cercadinho players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ecuador were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valiente Venezian to make the kick off. Mugurel Zota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 52nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luis Andino got free with Mugurel Zota in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristian Sancho kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. The supporters of Cercadinho booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Sancho didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute of the match Walmir Pirani sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera skillfully saved the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Abdulkadir Turay came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 64 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 68th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Mugurel Zota managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side.