Challenge

LEON KOLBOWSKI
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Constantino Bertol made the kick off which started today's match. Tony Guimarães 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 3rd minute. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Tony Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Amadeo Amato's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amadeo Amato helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th minute, one of C. A. Atlanta:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for C. A. Atlanta. The referee gave Ecuador a penalty, 15 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Daniel Zorita, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães. 0-1. A hard shot 25 in the game by Constantino Bertol from a close distance when the talented Julio Vera managed to make a qualified save. Ecuador's players were relieved. 30 minutes into the match, C. A. Atlanta's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Tony Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romulo Hever hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind C. A. Atlanta's goalkeeper Tony Guimarães, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Constantino Bertol hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 46th match minute, C. A. Atlanta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romulo Hever to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tony Guimarães made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

With a little luck, C. A. Atlanta's Tony Guimarães got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 57th minute after C. A. Atlanta's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in Felix Montenegro heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Tony Guimarães made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 62nd minute. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Tony Guimarães made a huge save. Tony Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 67th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Federico Gil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tony Guimarães was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Daniel Zorita. In the 78th minute, Felix Montenegro got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tony Guimarães made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Cristian Sancho's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tony Guimarães firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tony Guimarães made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Tony Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 87th minute of play. Tony Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustín Saelices, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd 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. Tony Guimarães breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.