Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luisito Antequera made the kick off which started today's match. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Daniel Zorita slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ronaldo Medeiros. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. Ronaldo Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisito Antequera in the 14th minute of play. Montevideo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wilson Fernandez in the 15th minute. Wilson Fernandez made a great header on Montevideo's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Ronaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldo Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ronaldo Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luisito Antequera in the 24th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ronaldo Medeiros. The goal made the score 2-0. Daniel Zorita who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 29thth minute tested the skills of Ronaldo Medeiros when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Ronaldo Medeiros made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Ronaldo Medeiros in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Luisito Antequera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Luisito Antequera recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Ronaldo Medeiros in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The audience was convinced that Luisito Antequera's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bray McJon in the 52nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Montevideo's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wilson Fernandez in the 54th minute. The corner ended in Wilson Fernandez almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ecuador's Julio Vera did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 56th minute of play forced Montevideo's goalkeeper Ronaldo Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bray McJon in the 69th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olavo Matorin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ronaldo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 74th minute of the match. Ronaldo Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 84th minute, Antonio Arias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.