Challenge

Arena do Carmo
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emerson Prado started the match with the kick off. F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Laerte de Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacinto Maurer in the 3rd minute of play. José Carlos Recife recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Luisinho Mattos hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Laerte de Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Maurer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emerson Prado in the 18th minute of play. The supporters of Switzerland booed when F.C. Carmo De Kiev was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oséias Lucas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luisinho Mattos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Laerte de Barros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuele Kunz in the 28th minute of the match. If Luisinho Mattos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. A hard shot 38 in the game by Emerson Prado from a close distance when the talented Hias Nüssli managed to make a qualified save. Switzerland's players were relieved. Emerson Prado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. After a rather tough play, F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Thiago Arantes got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Samuele Kunz to make the kick off. Emerson Prado hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in F.C. Carmo De Kiev's zone, Samuele Kunz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Laerte de Barros came out of the goal and Samuele Kunz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oséias Lucas kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer quite brazenly broke a throw-in by José Carlos Recife, made in the 59th minute of the game. After 60 minutes of play, F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Emerson Prado made it 3-0 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! In the 64th minute, Fridolin Neumeister hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Carlos Recife in the 70th minute of play forced Switzerland's goalkeeper Hias Nüssli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thiago Arantes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 72nd minute, Federico Wiesendanger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 79 played minutes F.C. Carmo De Kiev got a freekick which was hit by Oséias Lucas. Emerson Prado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Hias Nüssli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Claudinho Neves hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, F.C. Carmo De Kiev's Oséias Lucas got a free kick in the 96th minute. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. F.C. Carmo De Kiev were victorious despite being under pressure from Switzerland for much of the match.