Challenge

Avant Alviverde
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Giuseppe Esteves got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Czech Republic's Denis Dostal got a free kick in the 2nd minute. SE Palmeiras's attentive Alfredinho Reis managed to snatch the ball when Svatopluk Capek made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. In the 11th minute, Giuseppe Esteves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Giuseppe Esteves received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vavrinec Holub came out and tried to block the shot, but Giuseppe Esteves slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Bohumir Kohout hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Czech Republic's zone, Giuseppe Esteves stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vavrinec Holub came out of the goal and Giuseppe Esteves tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Will Muralhas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Jilek in the 25th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Bohumir Kohout in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SE Palmeiras's Alfredinho Reis. 32 minutes into the game, David Rusil was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Czech Republic's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SE Palmeiras the free kick. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. The supporters of SE Palmeiras booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kvetoslav Janku didn't get a good kick on the ball. Will Muralhas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erik Jilek in the 35th minute of the match. 36 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Czech Republic's Erik Jilek fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Alfredo Vieira's late challenge caught a Czech Republic's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredo Vieira helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to SE Palmeiras getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Alfredo Vieira hit a great ball. Natanael Paraense kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. SE Palmeiras's Giuseppe Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 42 minutes, Alan Rezek mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Czech Republic and the SE Palmeiras players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 45th minute, Giuseppe Esteves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vavrinec Holub was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. When Alan Rezek was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 48 minutes had been played. After 48 played minutes Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Alan Rezek. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erik Jilek made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giuseppe Esteves in the 54th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, SE Palmeiras's Will Muralhas got control of the ball when Erik Jilek tried to sneak it across the goal line. Michel Marques recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Michel Marques kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giuseppe Esteves in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe Esteves came free, but Vavrinec Holub reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giuseppe Esteves in the 86th minute of play forced Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vavrinec Holub didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Giuseppe Esteves went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Giuseppe Esteves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of SE Palmeiras booed when Czech Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Rusil didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michel Marques sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. SE Palmeiras had played much better football throughout.