Challenge

Uspallata
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 11th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. In the 12th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tito Chayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Casimiro Cordarell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustín Saelices in the 21st minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Tito Chayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 27th minute of play forced Nippur de Lagash 2's goalkeeper Tito Chayo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 29 minutes, Casimiro Cordarell managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nippur de Lagash 2's supporters crossed their fingers, but Casimiro Cordarell was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nippur de Lagash 2's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo managed to reach the ball for a save. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when Nippur de Lagash 2's Casimiro Cordarell fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hernan Lehen, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 45th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tito Chayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 46 played minutes Nippur de Lagash 2 got a freekick which was hit by Israel Oliviero. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

50 minutes into the match, Nippur de Lagash 2's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Tito Chayo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Cordarell in the 51st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Cordarell in the 54th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nippur de Lagash 2's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Israel Oliviero in the 56th minute. Nippur de Lagash 2's Israel Oliviero was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 59th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tito Chayo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tito Chayo made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. In the 64th minute, Hernan Lehen 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. Primitivo Andino made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nippur de Lagash 2's Sixto Ariando. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Tito Chayo in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 69th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Tito Chayo could save by the left post. Nippur de Lagash 2 made a substitution. Virgilio Emenon replaced Gavino De Mitri. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nippur de Lagash 2's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Nippur de Lagash 2 from getting a goal against them. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Cordarell in the 77th minute of the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hernan Lehen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Daniel Zorita kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tito Chayo. That made the score 0-1 in the 82 minute of play. Tito Chayo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 87th minute. In the 88th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Nippur de Lagash 2'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. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nippur de Lagash 2's Tito Chayo did a great save. After a rather tough play, Nippur de Lagash 2's Benjamin Navarro got a free kick in the 90th minute. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Nippur de Lagash 2.