Challenge

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Tiger's Edmund Schoettle started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Tiger's Kristian Willem Neuling managed to reach the ball for a save. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Kristian Willem Neuling tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 14th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. Antonius Zagermann hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play. Kristian Willem Neuling didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Sancho went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Kristian Willem Neuling 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 24th minute. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kristian Willem Neuling was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. After 27 minutes Tiger'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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of play forced Tiger's goalkeeper Kristian Willem Neuling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kristian Willem Neuling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Cristian Sancho made a precise shot to the right of Kristian Willem Neuling. Tiger's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Kristian Willem Neuling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, Zinédine Stoletzky hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Tiger's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristian Willem Neuling 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. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 54th minute. Ecuador's Felix Montes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Kristian Willem Neuling in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Kristian Willem Neuling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 57th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Edmund Schoettle made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Cristian Sancho had several of the Tiger's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 70 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 1-3 score and a disappointed Kristian Willem Neuling as he didn't even see the shot coming. Kristian Willem Neuling 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 73rd minute. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kristian Willem Neuling firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 77th minute, Detmar Stuchtey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 79 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Daniel Zorita. Antonius Zagermann was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 81 minutes into the match. A collision led to Tiger getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Antonius Zagermann hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Manuel Gebauer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Tiger booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Sebastián Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 94th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Kristian Willem Neuling. Tiger's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.