Challenge

la Vallée du Cher
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faustin Hamet in the 5th minute of play. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after Tours Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Tours Football Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Guy Jourdan in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Guy Jourdan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 18 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's Arif Çelebi Ergener sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Tours Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Lech Blochowiak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 22nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lech Blochowiak. Tours Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lech Blochowiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felix Montenegro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Blochowiak 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, Luis Andino 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Çelebi Ergener in the 43rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Çelebi Ergener in the 47th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 55th minute of play forced Tours Football Club's goalkeeper Lech Blochowiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Camilo Gisbert threw the ball into play from the sideline. Tours Football Club's Romulo Urko quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Arif Çelebi Ergener's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arif Çelebi Ergener in the 61st minute of the match. Jiang Fan Yu kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Tours Football Club's Cyrille Jenny was substituted for Arif Çelebi Ergener. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyrille Jenny, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Blochowiak made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Cyrille Jenny came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aziz Koehler kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 75th minute Cyrille Jenny 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. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Guy Jourdan was slow to take the kick. During this time Tours Football Club's players had a chance to rest. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cyrille Jenny in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. 82 minutes into the match, Cyrille Jenny 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 Cyrille Jenny was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 88th minute Cyrille Jenny 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. In the 93rd match minute, Tours Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guy Jourdan to maneuver through the defense. After 95 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Sancho. The Tours Football Club players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.