Challenge

Arena do PEBA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Raphael Almeida made the kick off and thus started the match. After 7 played minutes Celtic FC got a freekick which was hit by Beto Hermes. Quexal Rajoi kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Efrain Salamon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristian Sancho, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After 17 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Efrain Salamon was left in no man's land by his defense there! Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raphael Almeida in the 20th minute of the match. After having played for 22 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raphael Almeida in the 24th minute of the match. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raphael Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. After 30 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edson Oliveira who took care of the corner kick. Edson Oliveira made a great header on Celtic FC's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. Efrain Salamon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 37th minute of the match. Beto Hermes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. 45 minutes into the match, Vicente Matos 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 Vicente Matos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Daniel Zorita to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Efrain Salamon in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Efrain Salamon having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beto Hermes, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute, Dieguinho da Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raphael Almeida in the 58th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Beto Hermes in the 60th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Efrain Salamon, 1-2. Felix Montenegro received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Efrain Salamon came out and tried to block the shot, but Felix Montenegro slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 65th minute. Cristian Sancho did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Efrain Salamon 70 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Efrain Salamon in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 75 minutes into the match, Felix Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Efrain Salamon. Celtic FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felix Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-5. Chiquinho Mattos hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Agustín Saelices kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Efrain Salamon. That made the score 1-6 in the 85 minute of play. Edson Oliveira kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montes. A collision led to Celtic FC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Edson Oliveira hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Raphael Almeida's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.