Challenge

El Funebrero
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Xesc Labarra made the kick off which started today's match. Xesc Labarra might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xesc Labarra ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xesc Labarra in the 4th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Ángel Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Montenegro in the 5th minute of the match. Chacarita Futsal's Miguel Ángel Santoro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 6th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Chacarita Futsal's Moises Cayo got a free kick in the 7th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel Ángel Santoro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Miguel Ángel Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustín Saelices, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Xesc Labarra got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 20th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 29thth minute of the game Xesc Labarra 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. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute, Felix Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Miguel Ángel Santoro. Chacarita Futsal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of play forced Chacarita Futsal's goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a free kick in the 37th minute. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Miguel Ángel Santoro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 43 minutes into the game, Chacarita Futsal's Xesc Labarra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. In the 46th minute, Genaro Min hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Xesc Labarra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xesc Labarra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 64th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Miguel Ángel Santoro could save by the left post. 67 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Miguel Ángel Santoro narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Miguel Ángel Santoro made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Miguel Ángel Santoro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 82nd minute. In the 84th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Miguel Ángel Santoro. The goal made the score 3-3. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 86th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. Luis Andino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miguel Ángel Santoro having to interfere. In the 91st match minute, Chacarita Futsal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Segundo Jacindo to maneuver through the defense. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.