Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 7th minute, Ecuador's Luis Andino ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Paulino Slight. Paulino Slight yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Paulino Slight proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ from getting a goal against them. In the 14th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Paulino Slight quite easily take care of the ball. Cristian Sancho let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 15th minute shot 2-0 at rihgt post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Paulino Slight in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Paulino Slight managed to reach the ball for a save. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Paulino Slight made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute of play. Daniel Zorita scored 3-0 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paulino Slight, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ismael Nazario Sastre during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 25th match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ismael Nazario Sastre to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paulino Slight breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Paulino Slight showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of the match. 45 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paulino Slight. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paulino Slight having to interfere. After 53 minutes, Héctor David Casas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. If Agustín Saelices had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 57 minutes, Casimír Cavada put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. The audience was convinced that Casimír Cavada's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Daniel Zorita recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Paulino Slight didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Agustín Saelices went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. When Rosalio Cavada came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ 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 Rosalio Cavada couldn't finish the play. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Salamón Asencio was substituted for Odín Oliva. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Paulino Slight played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 91st minute of play. After some careless play in the ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Paulino Slight. The ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Paulino Slight should have stopped the shot. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Ecuador fully deserved thier win.