Challenge

Arthur Moreira
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Daniel Zorita started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Cristian Sancho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 9th 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 Cristian Sancho couldn't finish the play. In the 14th minute of the game Primitivo Andino made a throw-in which Felix Montenegro played forward. 15 minutes into the match, Lógica FC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Flavinho Meira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Aníbal Cerezo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when Lógica FC's Aníbal Cerezo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Flavinho Meira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th 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. If Renan Gerber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Aníbal Cerezo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 35th 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. Lógica FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rogério Peixoto in the 36th minute. A nice corner shot did that Rogério Peixoto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julio Vera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Cristian Sancho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Lógica FC's Flavinho Meira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Agustín Saelices in the 56th minute of play. Primitivo Andino got a throw-in 57 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Felix Montenegro. In the 61st minute Lógica FC were awarded a corner. Rogério Peixoto went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Lógica FC's Rogério Peixoto to fire away a dangerous shot which Julio Vera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Flavinho Meira acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 63rd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Cristian Sancho. Luis Andinos short, quick shot in the 68thth minute got Flavinho Meira to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Lógica FC made a substitution. Ulisses Velasco replaced Luiz de Almeida. Lógica FC made a substitution. Chen Chuan Yuan replaced Renan Gerber. After 78 minutes of play, Lógica FC's Aníbal Cerezo made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 81st match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Andino to maneuver through the defense. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aníbal Cerezo in the 86th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Aníbal Cerezo 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. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Flavinho Meira made a huge save. 96 minutes into the match, Chen Chuan Yuan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chen Chuan Yuan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Lógica FC had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.