Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Pompiliu Pociu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Pompiliu Pociu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 6 minutes, Tzonyo Viyachki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sir Alexandria and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tzonyo Viyachki kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nistor Popilean in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Luis Andino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bogdan Şimandan was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Bogdan Şimandan made a huge save. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Sir Alexandria getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Domenico Serafini hit a great ball. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Bogdan Şimandan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Sir Alexandria's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bogdan Şimandan came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 34 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogdan Şimandan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 39 minutes into the match, Sir Alexandria's goalkeeper Bogdan Şimandan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristian Sancho. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Sir Alexandria's goalie and right to Cristian Sancho. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Sir Alexandria's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 43 played minutes Sir Alexandria got a freekick which was hit by Domenico Serafini. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Sanford Glenn could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. A nice corner shot did that Eric Alexa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After recieving a nice pass, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho tried to score from far away in the 60th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nistor Popilean in the 66th minute of play. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bogdan Şimandan came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 73rd minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Şimandan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, Sir Alexandria's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Bogdan Şimandan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bogdan Şimandan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Şimandan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Bogdan Şimandan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bogdan Şimandan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Camilo Gisbert's late challenge caught a Sir Alexandria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Camilo Gisbert helped the player get up and apologised. Camilo Gisbert hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Ecuador's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.