Challenge

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Douglas Vides kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to Fielzão getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos hit a great ball. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Eduardo Aparecido having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arvid Treiner got free with Julio Vera in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos in the 23rd minute of play. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos in the 25th minute of play. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Robin Fink tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Arvid Treiner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Carlos Eduardo Aparecido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the game, Rogério Negri was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Fielzão's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ecuador the free kick. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of Fielzão:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Ecuador:s goal. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 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. The attack was good, but when Daniel Zorita in the 51st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. With his leg Carlos Eduardo Aparecido managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Ecuador's Cristian Sancho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Carlos Eduardo Aparecido tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fielzão made a substitution. Ciro de Alcântara replaced Afonsinho Zonta. In the 71st 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. Arvid Treiner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Arvid Treiner scored 2-3 in the 84th 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. In the 87th minute, Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos 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. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Fielzão's Arvid Treiner quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luis Andino, made in the 93rd minute of the game. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.