Challenge

Arena Nilton Santos
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Nova Era's João do Nascimento got a free kick in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hias Nüssli was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leo Allemann kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 21stth minute of the game Lucas Beltrán who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Switzerland's Hias Nüssli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Beltrán came free, but Hias Nüssli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hias Nüssli made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Beltrán in the 27th minute. Raphael Ceresso's late challenge caught a Switzerland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Raphael Ceresso helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Nova Era getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Raphael Ceresso hit a great ball. In the 31st match minute, Nova Era was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raphael Ceresso to maneuver through the defense. After 32 played minutes Switzerland got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo von Känel. After 33 played minutes, Nova Era's Eugênio Meireles shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hias Nüssli came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Nova Era reached it. Artur Tande might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hias Nüssli. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Artur Tande ran back to his position shaking his head. When Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Switzerland's goalie prevented a goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Samuele Kunz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nova Era were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Switzerland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eugênio Meireles took the corner. After taking down the ball on Nova Era's corner Eugênio Meireles fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Hias Nüssli quite easily take care of the ball. When Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Switzerland's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fridolin Neumeister during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 61 minutes into the game, one of Switzerland:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Lucas Beltrán sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 69th minute, Lucas Beltrán left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nova Era fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 73rd minute, Remigiusz Labus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hias Nüssli didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Hias Nüssli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas Beltrán's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. In the 81st minute, Artur Tande made a precise shot to the right of Hias Nüssli. Switzerland's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Hias Nüssli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Beltrán in the 88th minute of the match. Leo Allemann hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 94 minutes into the match, Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Beltrán came free, but Hias Nüssli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lucas Beltrán took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hias Nüssli. Hias Nüssli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Nova Era were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Switzerland for a fine match.