Challenge

Manicomio Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita made the kick off and thus started the match. 6 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gabriel Hauche. In the 9th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Pitin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Maní FC's goalkeeper Pascual Pitin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Gabriel Hauche's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Pascual Pitin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 13th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gil Negri. Maní FC's Pascual Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 16th minute of play. Gil Negri might have been able to make a better finish in the 18th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gil Negri ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 22nd minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Maní FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Luis Andino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Pascual Pitin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pascual Pitin having to interfere. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Pascual Pitin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 33rd minute of play forced Maní FC's goalkeeper Pascual Pitin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute Ecuador were awarded a corner. Daniel Zorita went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 35th minute, Felix Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Agustín Saelices was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 36 minutes into the match. After 36 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Ecuador! Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Erling Gentenaar's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. A collision led to Maní FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Wandy Petera hit a great ball. Erling Gentenaar'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 43rd minute of play. Antonio Arias kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. In the 44th minute of the match Dieguinho Cruz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julio Vera showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

Maní FC's Pascual Pitin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 50th minute of play. In the 59th match minute, Maní FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gil Negri to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Hauche's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Hauche's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Gabriel Hauche who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Maní FC's Wandy Petera in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. Erling Gentenaar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Gil Negri came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wandy Petera in the 81st minute of the match. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erling Gentenaar in the 82nd minute of play. In the 82nd minute, Erling Gentenaar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Pascual Pitin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 85th minute. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Camilo Gisbert got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 95th minute of the match, Cristian Sancho got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pascual Pitin was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Maní 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 Daniel Zorita to fire away a dangerous shot which Pascual Pitin despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.