Challenge

Virginia Bolten
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Matthias Vall kicked off to start the match. In the 6th minute, Aaron Ted hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlitos Parodi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 16th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlitos Parodi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Matthias Vall in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Julio Vera, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Matthias Vall kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Julio Vera. That made the score 1-0 in the 22 minute of play. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlitos Parodi having to interfere. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Margus Paukson in the 37th minute of play. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 41stth minute, when Acratas Unidos's Matthias Vall fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Acratas Unidos's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Enrique Theobald in the 43rd minute. The corner led Acratas Unidos's Enrique Theobald to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Enrique Theobald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's goalkeeper Carlitos Parodi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Margus Paukson in the 54th minute of play. In the 55th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Sebastián Puig to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Margus Paukson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 61st minute, Aaron Ted hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 64 minutes, Arnaldo Quin mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Acratas Unidos and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Agustín Saelices hit a great ball. Margus Paukson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Vall came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Margus Paukson 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 Margus Paukson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Vall in the 79th minute of play. 82 minutes in the game, Cristian Sancho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Carlitos Parodi having to interfere. After 83 played minutes Acratas Unidos got a freekick which was hit by Matthias Vall. In the 87th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Vall in the 93rd minute of play. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Acratas Unidos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aaron Ted didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aaron Ted hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. The Acratas Unidos support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.