Challenge

Maracana
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luís Paulo Fonseca made the kick off which started today's match. Luís Paulo Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the match, Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavrinec Holub had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Germano Cano. Erik Ramalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erik Jilek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vavrinec Holub was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Luís Paulo Fonseca capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luís Paulo Fonseca really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Luís Paulo Fonseca received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vavrinec Holub came out and tried to block the shot, but Luís Paulo Fonseca slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 16th minute. Denis Dostal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erik Ramalho having to interfere. Vavrinec Holub made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Luís Paulo Fonseca sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Czech Republic getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. David Rusil hit a great ball. In the 27th minute Denis Dostal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erik Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 28 played minutes Fluminense di Parma got a freekick which was hit by Kiko Barbosa. After recieving a nice pass, Czech Republic's Erik Jilek tried to score from far away in the 29th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Germano Cano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vavrinec Holub having to interfere. Fluminense di Parma's Germano Cano got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Erik Ramalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alan Rezek in the 44th minute of play. Erik Ramalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Jilek, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Erik Jilek to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Thiago Silvar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With an all-out effort, Czech Republic's Erik Ramalho threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Erik Jilek, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Czech Republic's Vavrinec Holub played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Paulo Fonseca in the 54th minute of play. Vavrinec Holub took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Germano Cano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erik Jilek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Erik Ramalho made a huge save. Erik Jilek blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erik Ramalho having to make a save. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Celso Pena sped through Czech Republic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vavrinec Holub. In the 84th minute, Celso Pena 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. Vavrinec Holub made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from German Cano in the 88th minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Denis Dostal to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th match minute, Czech Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Rusil to maneuver through the defense. Fluminense di Parma's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.