Challenge

Merengue Laranjeiras
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luis Alberto Moura kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, Kong Ping hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 6th minute. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luis Alberto Moura went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 21st minute of play forced Laus Deo's goalkeeper Arsenio Manni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenio Manni came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Arsenio Manni came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Cristian Sancho might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arsenio Manni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristian Sancho ran back to his position shaking his head. Arsenio Manni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of the match. Peder Mellingen kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Arsenio Manni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42nd minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsenio Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. Timur Belyaninov'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. Timur Belyaninov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 53rd match minute, Laus Deo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timur Belyaninov to maneuver through the defense. In the 53rd minute of the match Daniel Zorita sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Arsenio Manni skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kong Ping in the 56th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsenio Manni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Arsenio Manni in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Laus Deo defense, Daniel Zorita kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arsenio Manni. The Laus Deo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arsenio Manni should have stopped the shot. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 70th minute, but Arsenio Manni got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Laus Deo hanging dry this time. Laus Deo made a substitution. Robinho Recife replaced Kong Ping. Arsenio Manni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agustín Saelices in the 76th minute of play. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luis Alberto Moura's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arsenio Manni having to interfere. After 85 minutes, Gildo Tande mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Laus Deo and the Ecuador players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Laus Deo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gildo Tande to maneuver through the defense. Laus Deo's defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Cristian Sancho scored to the left of an out of position Arsenio Manni, making the score, 1-4. Luis Alberto Moura kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. With a little luck, Laus Deo's Arsenio Manni got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. 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.