Challenge

Arena BraveHeart
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kamil Baycan kicked off to start the match. Thierry Henry recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Diguinho Oliveira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 6th minute of the match. After 12 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nuno Sabóia who took care of the corner kick. Nuno Sabóia made a great header on BraveHeart Warriors's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita managed to work through BraveHeart Warriors's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Daniel Zorita dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After a rather tough play, BraveHeart Warriors's Aaron Daunte got a free kick in the 26th minute. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diguinho Oliveira having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kamil Baycan. Diguinho Oliveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. After a rather tough play, BraveHeart Warriors's Wei Fan Li got a free kick in the 35th minute. 36 minutes into the match, BraveHeart Warriors's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Diguinho Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Kamil Baycan came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Kamil Baycan in the 50th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Sebastián Puig hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. A collision led to BraveHeart Warriors getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Thierry Henry hit a great ball. Thierry Henry recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, BraveHeart Warriors's Diguinho Oliveira got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Kamil Baycan came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute BraveHeart Warriors were awarded a corner. Nuno Sabóia went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led BraveHeart Warriors's Nuno Sabóia to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 74th minute Kamil Baycan 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 75th minute of play forced BraveHeart Warriors's goalkeeper Diguinho Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diguinho Oliveira made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Cristian Sancho sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 79 minutes, Thierry Henry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BraveHeart Warriors's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thierry Henry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 83 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Diguinho Oliveira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Eusébio Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eusébio Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to BraveHeart Warriors getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Eusébio Rodrigues hit a great ball. Kamil Baycan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ecuador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.