Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, 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 7th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Cardiff City FC'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. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Xencio Millan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Xencio Millan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Julian Efraim came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Cardiff City FC 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 Julian Efraim couldn't finish the play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Efraim in the 19th minute of play. Xencio Millan made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cardiff City FC'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. In the 28th minute Julian Efraim 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. After having played for 30 minutes, Julian Efraim managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cardiff City FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Efraim was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xencio Millan having to interfere. Cardiff City FC's Xencio Millan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 38th minute of play. Everardo Joey hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julian Efraim to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Primitivo Andino got a free kick in the 51st minute. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xencio Millan 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 65th minute. After 67 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xencio Millan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd minute, Jairo Ler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute, Jairo Ler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 76 minutes, Celso Walme put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Celso Walme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 85th minute of play forced Cardiff City FC's goalkeeper Xencio Millan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Celso Walme's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 86thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 88 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Everardo Joey who took care of the corner kick. Celso Walme's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play. When Nunez Larra fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cardiff City FC's protests and gave Nunez Larra a yellow card for diving instead. After 94 played minutes Cardiff City FC got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Larra.