Challenge

Arena Denver
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dida Brasil made the kick off which started today's match. Sandro Galishoff received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Márcio Guedes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 12 minutes into the game, Sandro Galishoff cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Márcio Guedes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. DENVER™'s Márcio Guedes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabio Schneider in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Austria's Fabio Schneider nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Márcio Guedes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After a rather tough play, DENVER™'s Arlindo Quirino got a free kick in the 24th minute. Fabio Schneider fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Márcio Guedes having to interfere. 31 minutes into the game, Emil Seidler threw the ball into play from the sideline. DENVER™'s Arlindo Quirino quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The throw-in from Nico Waismann in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by DENVER™'s Manfredo do Nascimento. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind DENVER™'s goalkeeper Márcio Guedes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 44 minutes into the game, Austria's Fabio Schneider nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Márcio Guedes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sandro Galishoff made a kick off. 53 minutes in the game Christian Wallner did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jonas Nalder. Márcio Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 60th minute of the match. Wanderson Passos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Auer having to interfere. Emil Seidler kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. A collision led to DENVER™ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Dida Brasil hit a great ball. DENVER™'s Nico Furlan quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Marc Kronecker, made in the 71st minute of the game. A collision led to DENVER™ getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Mathias Carvalho hit a great ball. Márcio Guedes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Nalder, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Marvin Harrer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 77 minutes into the match, DENVER™'s goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Schneider came free, but Márcio Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 80 minutes, Jonas Nalder managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Austria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonas Nalder was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Márcio Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 81st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Fabio Schneider kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Márcio Guedes. That made the score 0-4 in the 83 minute of play. Jonas Nalder made in the 86th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by DENVER™'s Nico Furlan. If Sandro Galishoff had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Márcio Guedes managed to avoid a goal in the 92ndth minute, when Austria's Marvin Harrer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The DENVER™ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Austria were clearly better and deserved to take the win.