Challenge

Arena Tradicional
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. 13 minutes into the match, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Jânio Paraíba reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jânio Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 18th minute of the match. When Cristian Sancho came up free with the goalie in the 20th 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. Jânio Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of play. Jânio Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 25th minute of the match. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Chico Secco got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 29th 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. Reinaldo Custódio had several of the Ecuador's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 31 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Julio Vera as he didn't even see the shot coming. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Jânio Paraíba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 34th minute of play. After 34 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jânio Paraíba was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Andrézinho Arce got a free kick in the 37th minute. After 38 played minutes, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jânio Paraíba came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ecuador reached it. Chico Secco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julio Vera having to make a save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chico Secco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jânio Paraíba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 52nd minute of play. Jânio Paraíba made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Julio Vera stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chico Secco's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. When Mairo Tomat came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO 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 Mairo Tomat couldn't finish the play. Daniel Zorita blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jânio Paraíba having to make a save. Reinaldo Custódio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chico Secco, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Cristian Sancho's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Jânio Paraíba skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 79th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cristian Sancho was extremely unlucky when he, in the 80th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The Ecuador fans' excitement grew in the 83rd match minute when Ecuador's Daniel Zorita looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Zorita in the 87th minute of play forced FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's goalkeeper Jânio Paraíba to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Reinaldo Custódio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ecuador were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.