Challenge

Antonio V. Liberti
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Matias Txeru made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play forced Duffensores Springfield's goalkeeper Cleto Walme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 3 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. Cleto Walme was left in no man's land by his defense there! Makareus Manoukarakis hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Duffensores Springfield's Cleto Walme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 12th minute of play. After 14 played minutes Duffensores Springfield got a freekick which was hit by Salvador Aresti. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Honorato Pirmin went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 24th minute of play forced Duffensores Springfield's goalkeeper Cleto Walme to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cleto Walme showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 26th minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorato Pirmin in the 31st minute of play. If Luis Andino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Matias Txeru capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matias Txeru really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Txeru in the 41st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Matias Txeru made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. 46 minutes into the game, Maciej Haszczak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Duffensores Springfield's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. In the 47th minute, Maciej Haszczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Txeru in the 52nd minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matias Txeru in the 54th minute of play. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Cleto Walme made a huge save. When Honorato Pirmin came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Duffensores Springfield 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 Honorato Pirmin couldn't finish the play. Duffensores Springfield's Cleto Walme played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 63rd minute of play. Duffensores Springfield's Cleto Walme proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Duffensores Springfield from getting a goal against them. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cleto Walme in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Cleto Walme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Vladimiro Lander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maciej Haszczak in the 80th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Txeru in the 84th minute of the match. Cleto Walme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 94th minute. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Txeru in the 95th minute of play.