Challenge

☆Estadio Lautaro☆
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Lameirinhas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute Agustín Saelices shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manuel Lameirinhas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manuel Lameirinhas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Orlondón Marileo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julio Vera. Ecuador's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 21st match minute, Curicó-Unido was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Vargas to maneuver through the defense. After 22 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Manuel Lameirinhas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Curicó-Unido's Eduardo Vargas got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manuel Lameirinhas 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 27th minute. After 28 minutes Curicó-Unido'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. Axel Elgueta tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Manuel Lameirinhas. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-2 in the 28th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 31st minute of play forced Curicó-Unido's goalkeeper Manuel Lameirinhas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Lameirinhas having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 37th minute of play forced Curicó-Unido's goalkeeper Manuel Lameirinhas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Lameirinhas was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Curicó-Unido's Manuel Lameirinhas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 39th minute of play. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

51 minutes into the game, Hipolito Angeloni was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Curicó-Unido's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. After 51 played minutes Curicó-Unido got a freekick which was hit by Hipolito Angeloni. Manuel Lameirinhas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 53rd minute of play. Román Hoefler kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. If Eduardo Vargas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Manuel Lameirinhas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduardo Vargas in the 64th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Vargas in the 70th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Curicó-Unido's goalkeeper Manuel Lameirinhas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. After 76 played minutes Curicó-Unido got a freekick which was hit by Román Hoefler. In the 78th minute, Román Hoefler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manuel Lameirinhas 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 84th minute. Álvaro Zambujal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Curicó-Unido throughout the match.