Gigante de Alberdi
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Constantino Idacio made the kick off which started today's match. Camilo Gisbert got a throw-in 4 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Luis Andino. Czeslaw Bochynski'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. Czeslaw Bochynski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th minute, one of Piratas FC: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 Piratas FC. 8 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Raimond Lenk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 14th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Raimond Lenk read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 18th minute of play forced Piratas FC's goalkeeper Raimond Lenk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Nunez Hernandez could shoot a difficult shot in the 20th minute, which Julio Vera however easily saved by the left post. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raimond Lenk having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Piratas FC's Czeslaw Bochynski got a free kick in the 24th minute. Amadeo Francesco'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 Francesco helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Piratas FC's Amadeo Francesco got a free kick in the 27th minute. After 29 minutes of play, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raimond Lenk was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raimond Lenk was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. After having played for 41 minutes, Constantino Idacio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Piratas FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Constantino Idacio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nunez Hernandez got free with Julio Vera in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Raimond Lenk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Piratas 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. The corner led Ecuador's Agustín Saelices to fire away a dangerous shot which Raimond Lenk despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 59th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. With a little luck, Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 71st minute Nunez Hernandez 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. Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Piratas FC from getting a goal against them. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Raimond Lenk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Piratas FC from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Piratas FC booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball. Raimond Lenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 84th minute of the match. After 85 minutes Piratas FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Zorita who took care of the corner kick. In the 87th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that Piratas FC's Raimond Lenk managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raimond Lenk was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Raimond Lenk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Constantino Idacio, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Nunez Hernandez'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 94th minute of play. Amadeo Francesco was shown his second yellow card after 95 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 95th minute, Amadeo Francesco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.
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