Challenge

Arena Xapadão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Adriano Rodrigues started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Tiaguinho da Cunha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 3rd minute of play. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Xapetuba Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Tiaguinho da Cunha, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tiaguinho da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Montenegro, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Paraíba, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tiaguinho da Cunha. Tiaguinho da Cunha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Tiaguinho da Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 26th minute of the match. In the 28th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Montes to maneuver through the defense. Adriano Rodrigues struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Xapetuba Futebol Clube. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Adriano Rodrigues tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tiaguinho da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. After 34 played minutes Xapetuba Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by Bernardo Soares. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tiaguinho da Cunha saved Xapetuba Futebol Clube from getting behind. Tiaguinho da Cunha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Zorita went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacinto Paraíba, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After the first half Ecuador were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Daniel Zorita was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute, Daniel Zorita 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. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 1-3 when Adriano Rodrigues sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The audience was convinced that Adriano Rodrigues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Rodrigues in the 67th minute of the match. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Flávio Matos struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Julio Vera didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Xapetuba Futebol Clube. 72 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jacinto Paraíba came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tiaguinho da Cunha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 74th minute. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 75th minute. Felix Montenegro did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Tiaguinho da Cunha 75 minutes into the match. Xapetuba Futebol Clube made a substitution. Patrick Neiva replaced Jacinto Paraíba. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Rodrigues in the 81st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Tiaguinho da Cunha made a huge save. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Rodrigues in the 89th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Xapetuba Futebol Clube's Marcelo Coutinho got a free kick in the 91st minute. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tiaguinho da Cunha made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Xapetuba Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri de Lima didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Xapetuba Futebol Clube throughout the match.