Challenge

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) In the 5thth minute of the game Jan Bykowski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the last second Julio Vera throw himself and got hold of the ball when Jan Bykowski in the 5thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 7 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Silvio Asier who took care of the corner kick. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jan Bykowski's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. AFC - Curitiba's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Silvio Asier in the 9th minute. After taking down the ball on AFC - Curitiba's corner Silvio Asier fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Julio Vera quite easily take care of the ball. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Bykowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Fausto da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute Luis Andino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto da Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 19th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute Juan Sebastián Puig shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto da Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan Sebastián Puig in the 22nd minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fausto da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. When AFC - Curitiba's August Wahlnäs in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ecuador's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 1-0 when August Wahlnäs sped through Ecuador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Julio Vera. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fausto da Rocha. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 41st minute of play. Zhang Yin Si hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Fausto da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 45th minute of play. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from August Wahlnäs went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

AFC - Curitiba's Romário Ortiz was substituted for Zhang Yin Si. The wind increased when Jan Bykowski made the kick off in the second half. After 57 played minutes AFC - Curitiba got a freekick which was hit by Hermínio Alvarenga. Daniel Zorita took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 58th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fausto da Rocha. AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Bykowski came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 63rd minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Fausto da Rocha in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Bykowski in the 69th minute of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 69th minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Bykowski in the 69th minute of the match. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Fausto da Rocha made a huge save. A collision led to AFC - Curitiba getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Romário Ortiz hit a great ball. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 76th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matouš Carda, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 86th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Wanderson Oliveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matouš Carda during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to AFC - Curitiba getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Matouš Carda hit a great ball. 97 minutes into the match, Cristian Sancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fausto da Rocha. AFC - Curitiba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Sancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. The AFC - Curitiba players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.