Challenge

Catatumbo Park
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Anastasios Machlas made the kick off and thus started the match. Tristan Franquis 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 9th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Luis Andino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Tristan Franquis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amar Bouziane in the 19th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 20th minute of play forced Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 23rd minute of play forced Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's goalkeeper Tristan Franquis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tristan Franquis 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 27th minute. Daniel Zorita scored 0-3 in the 31st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tristan Franquis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tristan Franquis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 40th minute of the match. If Anastasios Machlas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Fernan Erus managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fernan Erus was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Tristan Franquis managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 56th minute, Cristian Sancho 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. Tristan Franquis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 59th minute. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvio Rainerio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felix Montenegro got free with Tristan Franquis in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Anastasios Machlas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Tristan Franquis got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Imperio Catatumbo de Lara's Tristan Franquis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Imperio Catatumbo de Lara from getting a goal against them. Fernan Erus hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tristan Franquis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute of the match Imperio Catatumbo de Lara got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Amar Bouziane ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.