Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. 6 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Rusty Atkin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rauno Sappinen in the 9th minute of the match. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rusty Atkin quite easily take care of the ball. 16 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rusty Atkin. Daniel Zorita showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 22ndth minute of the game Tuur Deville 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. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rauno Sappinen in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Mehmet Fatih Talaş hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Felix Montenegro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Rusty Atkin made a huge save. A collision led to SK Monkey Business getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Kajetan Pilarski hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 33rd minute by Felix Montenegro got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Ailar Traks received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rusty Atkin. Rusty Atkin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tuur Deville to make the kick off. Tuur Deville had several of the Ecuador's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 55 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-1 score and a disappointed Julio Vera as he didn't even see the shot coming. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Ailar Traks sent off a good shot on target. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 62nd minute got a chance for a shot 62nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Monkey Business's goalie prevented a goal. Rusty Atkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 64th minute of the match. Rusty Atkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rusty Atkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Antonio Arias charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antonio Arias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 75 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Arias. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 82 played minutes SK Monkey Business's Tuur Deville stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Julio Vera stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Ecuador of the goal. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Tuur Deville tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rusty Atkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 88th minute of the match. After 89 minutes SK Monkey Business's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that SK Monkey Business's Rusty Atkin managed to reach the ball for a save. Rauno Sappinen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. In the 91st minute, SK Monkey Business's Rauno Sappinen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Julio Vera. Julio Vera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Tuur Deville managed to get in a good position for a shot. SK Monkey Business's supporters rose to their feet, but Tuur Deville 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. Lars Petrov'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. Lars Petrov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SK Monkey Business's Lars Petrov got a free kick in the 98th minute. Ecuador were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SK Monkey Business for a fine match.