Challenge

Barão de Piracicaba
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jeronimo Txatxu got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeronimo Txatxu in the 3rd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeronimo Txatxu in the 7th minute of play. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Jeronimo Txatxu 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. In the 16th minute, Benedykt Saint hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Daniel Zorita 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. Agustín Saelices recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Andino in the 25th minute of play forced Xv de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Sebastian Sandberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastian Sandberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 28th minute of the match. Julio Vera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeronimo Txatxu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xv de Piracicaba's Sebastian Sandberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 32nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Xv de Piracicaba's zone, Cristian Sancho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sebastian Sandberg came out of the goal and Cristian Sancho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rd minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Sandberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Jeronimo Txatxu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Sebastian Sandberg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 61 played minutes Xv de Piracicaba got a freekick which was hit by Ander Uibomäe. 66 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jeronimo Txatxu came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute of the match Xv de Piracicaba got a corner. Ecuador's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Min Son ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 69th minute, Daniel Zorita fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Sebastian Sandberg, passed just outside the right post. Alfredo Rocchi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Sancho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sebastian Sandberg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th 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. Daniel Zorita's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Sebastian Sandberg firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Menezes in the 88th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Xv de Piracicaba had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.