Challenge

NINHO DOS FALCÕES
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Betinho Lenzi got the match started through his kick off. If Betinho Lenzi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ecuador's Daniel Zorita got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Juvenal Urbano in the 17th minute. In the 17th minute, Juvenal Urbano made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Jiang Yu Lin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 20th minute of the match. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Jiang Yu Lin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Juvenal Urbano 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. Betinho Lenzi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Julio Vera made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 38th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, FALCÕES VERDES's Emre Çeliksu got a free kick in the 41st minute. When Luis Andino came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Ecuador 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 Luis Andino couldn't finish the play. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jiang Yu Lin having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juvenal Urbano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Jiang Yu Lin in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Juvenal Urbano'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. Juvenal Urbano helped the player get up and apologised. After 62 played minutes FALCÕES VERDES got a freekick which was hit by Juvenal Urbano. Jiang Yu Lin made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juvenal Urbano in the 69th minute of play. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Jiang Yu Lin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FALCÕES VERDES's Kai Havertz got a free kick in the 75th minute. Jiang Yu Lin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. After a defensive mix-up in FALCÕES VERDES's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jiang Yu Lin came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FALCÕES VERDES's Gugu Mello was substituted for Kai Havertz. With a little luck, FALCÕES VERDES's Jiang Yu Lin got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line.