Challenge

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Zorita took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Red Bull Magnus's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aloísio Guimarães. Aloísio Guimarães dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 12 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. Red Bull Magnus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 16th minute of play. After 17 minutes, Falcão Antunes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Bull Magnus and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th minute, Falcão Antunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cléber Pernambucano'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. Cléber Pernambucano helped the player get up and apologised. After 18 played minutes Red Bull Magnus got a freekick which was hit by Cléber Pernambucano. Aloísio Guimarães 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 19th minute. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 21st 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. Josué Castro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Felix Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. Red Bull Magnus's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 31st minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of play. 35 minutes into the match, Luis Andino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. Red Bull Magnus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luis Andino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. When the match clock showed 42 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Daniel Zorita sped through Red Bull Magnus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. In the 45th minute, Luis Andino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aloísio Guimarães was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-8.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kilian Mbappè was the one to do the kick off. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 52 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aloísio Guimarães made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. 55 minutes into the match, Luis Andino notched a goal, 0-10, to the right of Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães. Aloísio Guimarães was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 65 minutes, Luis Andino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luis Andino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aloísio Guimarães having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 68th minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Red Bull Magnus defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. The Red Bull Magnus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aloísio Guimarães should have stopped the shot. In the 74th minute Kilian Mbappè 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. In the 75th minute, Red Bull Magnus's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 78thth minute of the game Kilian Mbappè 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. Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Red Bull Magnus from getting a goal against them. Falcão Antunes hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Daniel Zorita might have been able to make a better finish in the 84th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aloísio Guimarães. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Zorita ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 85th minute, Agustín Saelices got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 89th minute of play forced Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aloísio Guimarães. Aloísio Guimarães dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.