Challenge

Arena do Dragão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Asep Darusman got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 5th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Alessio Muciaccia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Alessio Muciaccia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 10 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Paulista came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Okanay Elmas'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 11th minute of play. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Asep Darusman in the 19th minute. In the 22nd minute Felix Montenegro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kale Kaledin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kale Kaledin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kale Kaledin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 36th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Daniel Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kale Kaledin was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. Kale Kaledin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Esporte Clube do Porto's Orlando Paulista got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Felix Montes charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felix Montes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th minute, Felix Montes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Zorita to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Kale Kaledin firmly grabbed it by the left post. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kale Kaledin having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Cristian Sancho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute Okanay Elmas 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. Jailson de Amorim kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. A collision led to Esporte Clube do Porto getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Alessio Muciaccia hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Esporte Clube do Porto's Kale Kaledin didn't even have to move. An unexpectedly hard shot by Okanay Elmas in the 68th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Okanay Elmas went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Jailson de Amorim charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jailson de Amorim the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 71st minute, one of Esporte Clube do Porto:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Esporte Clube do Porto. When the match had been going on for 72 minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Kale Kaledin. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Kale Kaledin made a huge save. After having played for 80 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Válter Capixaba during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kale Kaledin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 85th minute of play. Cristian Sancho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kale Kaledin having to make a save. After 91 played minutes Esporte Clube do Porto got a freekick which was hit by Victor Maciel. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Kale Kaledin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Ecuador left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Esporte Clube do Porto.