Challenge

Arena Nilton Santos
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 7thth minute of the game Major Barna who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nova Era's Chico Pinho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 8 minutes of play, Hungary's Antal Valentin made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chico Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Chico Pinho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antal Valentin's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lucas Beltrán in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fodor Daniel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 15 minutes, Lucas Beltrán made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Hungary's Fodor Daniel tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Hungary's Antal Valentin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chico Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 23rd minute, Hegedus Henrik ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chico Pinho was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. 33 minutes into the match, Nova Era's Lucas Beltrán sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fodor Daniel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chico Pinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Major Barna, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute, Bakos Endre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th minute, Lucas Beltrán got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Fodor Daniel was a little too slow when Lucas Beltrán got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 2-3. Eugênio Meireles hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Lucas Beltrán sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucas Beltrán made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alpheios Logarakis in the 51st minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Fodor Daniel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Major Barna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Chico Pinho. The goal made the score 2-4. The throw-in from Szekeres Tamas in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nova Era's Iwo Zacharzewski. Lucas Beltrán recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fodor Daniel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Beltrán in the 64th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Major Barna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Chico Pinho. The goal made the score 2-5. In the 71st minute, Alpheios Logarakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hungary's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eugênio Meireles was slow to take the kick. During this time Nova Era's players had a chance to rest. The audience was convinced that Lucas Beltrán's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fodor Daniel was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hegedus Henrik got free with Chico Pinho in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Nova Era getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Raphael Ceresso hit a great ball. In the 90th minute of the game Szekeres Tamas made a throw-in which Major Barna played forward. In the 94th minute, Lucas Beltrán ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fodor Daniel was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-5. The Nova Era fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hungary were clearly better and deserved to take the win.