Challenge

Banuatonga
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tora Suarlan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Greencard getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Santo Harriet hit a great ball. Nanang Wardhana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 17th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nanang Wardhana read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nanang Wardhana took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Greencard were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karl Kornilov took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Karl Kornilov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 35 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tora Suarlan. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tora Suarlan 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. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Immanuel Mandias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Zorita was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nanang Wardhana breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilham Mahuse in the 60th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Nanang Wardhana firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 64th minute, Czeslaw Radziszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 64th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Greencard. 66 minutes into the game, Daniel Zorita recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nanang Wardhana. Daniel Zorita showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Greencard's goalie and right to Juan Sebastián Puig. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Greencard's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 75 played minutes Greencard got a freekick which was hit by Czeslaw Radziszewski. Nanang Wardhana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 76th minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tora Suarlan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tora Suarlan's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Nanang Wardhana came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Cristian Sancho. But to his dismay, Cristian Sancho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Immanuel Mandias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tora Suarlan took the ball and in the 87 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Nanang Wardhana made a huge save. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tora Suarlan in the 94th minute of play. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Greencard throughout the match.