Challenge

Happy Stadium SF
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mauro Castilho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. The Ecuador fans' excitement grew in the 4th match minute when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 9 minutes into the game, Agustín Saelices cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Mauro Castilho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 12 minutes into the match, São Francisco FC86's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Mauro Castilho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Ronaldo Pinheiro sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Antonio Arias got a free kick in the 16th minute. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Mauro Castilho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro managed to work through São Francisco FC86's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Felix Montenegro dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Mauro Castilho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 25th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. In the 29th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Ricardo Madeira's late challenge caught a Ecuador's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ricardo Madeira helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Ecuador booed when São Francisco FC86 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Madeira didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to São Francisco FC86 getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Fabrício Calçada hit a great ball. 42 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Pinheiro came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Jorge Maltez came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the São Francisco FC86 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 Jorge Maltez couldn't finish the play. 44 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Diego Mancebo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mauro Castilho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Mancebo in the 48th minute of play forced São Francisco FC86's goalkeeper Mauro Castilho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diego Mancebo in the 48th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mauro Castilho saved São Francisco FC86 from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldo Pinheiro to make the kick off. A collision led to São Francisco FC86 getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Ronaldo Pinheiro hit a great ball. In the 55thth minute of the game Ronaldo Pinheiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mauro Castilho. São Francisco FC86's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. Felix Montenegro took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mauro Castilho. Mauro Castilho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. São Francisco FC86's Mauro Castilho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save São Francisco FC86 from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Ronaldo Pinheiro put it in 1-7 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. São Francisco FC86's Mauro Castilho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save São Francisco FC86 from getting a goal against them. 77 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mauro Castilho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-8. Daniel Zorita scored 1-9 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mauro Castilho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Felix Montenegro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mauro Castilho read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, São Francisco FC86's Ronaldo Pinheiro sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 86 minutes into the game, Ronaldo Pinheiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-9. Julio Vera was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The São Francisco FC86 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.