Challenge

Delle Alpi Stadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gergely Balázs started the match with the kick off. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Norman Grieve having to make a save. In the 4th minute, Patrick Carneiro 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. 7 minutes into the match, Grnd Juventus NNNL's Patrick Carneiro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Norman Grieve 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 9th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gergely Balázs in the 10th minute of the match. Norman Grieve made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute of play. After 14 minutes Grnd Juventus NNNL'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. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Norman Grieve quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Grnd Juventus NNNL's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. In the 20th match minute, Grnd Juventus NNNL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrick Carneiro to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 23rd minute of play forced Grnd Juventus NNNL's goalkeeper Norman Grieve to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Norman Grieve showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 23rd minute of the match. Patrick Carneiro struck a weak shot in the 25th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Grnd Juventus NNNL. In the 26th minute Luis Andino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norman Grieve saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 30 minutes into the match, Grnd Juventus NNNL's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Norman Grieve reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Primitivo Andino got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Norman Grieve showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 34th minute of the match. Norman Grieve showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, Grnd Juventus NNNL's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Norman Grieve reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norman Grieve saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Grnd Juventus NNNL made a substitution. Árpád Almási replaced Nilton Ferraz. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 54th 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. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gergely Balázs, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 61 minutes into the match, Grnd Juventus NNNL's Gergely Balázs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The corner ended in Géza Kulcsár almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gergely Balázs in the 71st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julio Vera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice moves Daniel Zorita could shoot a difficult shot in the 74th minute, which Norman Grieve however easily saved by the left post. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Norman Grieve tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Norman Grieve was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Daniel Zorita. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ádám Soós's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. The audience was convinced that Ádám Soós's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. After 96 played minutes Grnd Juventus NNNL got a freekick which was hit by Rubén-Darío Insúa. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.