Challenge

Alvara Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nesho Karadakov started the match with the kick off. 6 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zachary Bugno narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zachary Bugno was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. After 10 minutes Alvara'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. The corner led to Ecuador's Antonio Arias getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 12th minute of play forced Alvara's goalkeeper Zachary Bugno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Zachary Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute of play. In the 21st minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After having played for 24 minutes, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristian Sancho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zachary Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Montenegro in the 25th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 26th minute of play forced Alvara's goalkeeper Zachary Bugno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita scored 0-2 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zachary Bugno, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Zachary Bugno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, 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 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 42 minutes into the match, Alvara's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Zachary Bugno reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Zachary Bugno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 52nd minute of play. Zachary Bugno made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Daniel Zoritas short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Zachary Bugno to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Alvara's Zachary Bugno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Alvara from getting a goal against them. Zachary Bugno didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 65th minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. Alvara's Albertinho Trigo was substituted for Augusto Recife. In the 70th minute of the match, Luis Andino tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zachary Bugno saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 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 Zachary Bugno quite easily take care of the ball. In the 73rd minute, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Zachary Bugno. Zachary Bugno yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. Zachary Bugno didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Agustín Saelices went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. In the 79th minute of the match, Cristian Sancho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Zachary Bugno was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Zachary Bugno in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Alvara fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.