Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) VIP's Sebastian Ţugui started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 6 minutes into the match, VIP's goalkeeper Dumitru Berca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Agustín Saelices. In the 7th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. VIP'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. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dumitru Berca in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a defensive mix-up in VIP's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dumitru Berca came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dumitru Berca made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Ţugui, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dumitru Berca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 30th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dumitru Berca firmly grabbed it by the left post. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dumitru Berca firmly grabbed it by the left post. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Ţugui in the 37th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobri Karapetrov in the 38th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the match, VIP's goalkeeper Dumitru Berca had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

In the 50th minute, Ilie Buhuș hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 52nd minute Sebastian Ţugui 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. Ştefan Coșereanu came free with the goalkeeper in the 59th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Julio Vera could save by the left post. In the 68th minute, Ştefan Coșereanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Dumitru Berca 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 79th minute of play forced VIP's goalkeeper Dumitru Berca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 83rd minute of play forced VIP's goalkeeper Dumitru Berca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute, Daniel Zorita ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dumitru Berca was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Sebastian Ţugui received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The VIP players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Ecuador from taking control. The game ends in a draw.