Challenge

Lusail
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, 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 6th minute, Daniel Zorita made a precise shot to the right of Dibag Martinez. La Scaloneta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dibag Martinez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dibag Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 17th minute of the match. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 20th minute of play. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 28 minutes into the match, La Scaloneta's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Dibag Martinez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Lion Messi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. A collision led to La Scaloneta getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Lautaro Martinez hit a great ball. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Luis Andino hit a great ball. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Paulo Dybala tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dibag Martinez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 40th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, Luis Andino notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez. Dibag Martinez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lautaro Martinez in the 44th minute. Dibag Martinez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 46th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 57 minutes, Lion Messi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Scaloneta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lion Messi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 59 played minutes La Scaloneta got a freekick which was hit by Ángel-Fabián Di María. 60 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dibag Martinez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Dibag Martinez could save by the left post. La Scaloneta made a substitution. Julián Álvarez replaced Lion Messi. With a little luck, La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 75 in the game by Cristian Sancho from a close distance when the talented Dibag Martinez managed to make a qualified save. La Scaloneta's players were relieved. 76 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Julián Álvarez came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 80 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita 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 struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Dibag Martinez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ecuador. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 84th minute of play forced La Scaloneta's goalkeeper Dibag Martinez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. La Scaloneta's Dibag Martinez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save La Scaloneta from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Lautaro Martinez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Leandro Paredes kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Ángel-Fabián Di María hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Scaloneta throughout the match.