Challenge

Arena Palestra Ceará
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Daniel Zorita got the match started through his kick off. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Örjan Björkdahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. A nice corner shot did that Kléberson Guedes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 10 minutes of play, PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's Ademar Rodrigues made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Örjan Björkdahl in the 14th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 18 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. 23 minutes into the match, Örjan Björkdahl notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 27 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Örjan Björkdahl came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 29th minute of the match PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edgard Dubardo ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Ademar Rodrigues tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's Ture Rosendahl got a free kick in the 35th minute. The audience was convinced that Örjan Björkdahl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Juan Sebastián Puig's late challenge caught a PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juan Sebastián Puig helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Juan Sebastián Puig.

Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademar Rodrigues in the 51st minute of the match. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's Örjan Björkdahl got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Örjan Björkdahl's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 57th minute of play. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Örjan Björkdahl, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. In the 60th minute Ademar Rodrigues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Örjan Björkdahl's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Julio Vera read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Örjan Björkdahl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 played minutes PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Ademar Rodrigues. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ made a substitution. Alexandre Falcão replaced Ture Rosendahl. PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's Bruno do Vale was substituted for Clarence Seedorf. In the 70th match minute, PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ademar Rodrigues to maneuver through the defense. Ademar Rodrigues kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th minute, Örjan Björkdahl 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. 81 minutes into the game, PALMEIRAS CE - DMZ's Örjan Björkdahl nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Julio Vera made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. A collision led to Ecuador getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Agustín Saelices hit a great ball. Örjan Björkdahl received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Örjan Björkdahl scored 4-0 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Julio Vera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.