Challenge

Fara Park
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andriy Shevchenko got the match started through his kick off. Farafulla FC's Angelo Boni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 3rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 9th minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Angelo Boni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 13th minute of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. In the 20th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Boni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Farafulla FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donato Berardi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Angelo Boni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Angelo Boni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 29th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 35th minute of play forced Farafulla FC's goalkeeper Angelo Boni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Boni 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 37th minute. Fabio Alfieri kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Angelo Boni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 41st minute of the match. Andriy Shevchenko was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 48th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Angelo Boni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behçet Alp in the 63rd minute of the match. Cristian Sancho who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Angelo Boni when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 67 minutes Farafulla FC'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. 71 minutes into the match, Behçet Alp notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of Farafulla FC booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonio Arias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andriy Shevchenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 77th minute, Behçet Alp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd minute Andriy Shevchenko 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. When Donato Berardi fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Farafulla FC's protests and gave Donato Berardi a yellow card for diving instead. In the 85th minute, Donato Berardi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Ryan Portanares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Farafulla FC's Andriy Shevchenko suffered a fractured collar bone after 91 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Camilo Gisbert charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Camilo Gisbert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ecuador!