Challenge

Mineirão
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tony Chaves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 5th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tony Chaves. SE Palestra Itália's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The supporters of SE Palestra Itália booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juan Sebastián Puig didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute Adalberto Custódio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Clayton Sergi took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 20 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tony Chaves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tony Chaves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 20th minute of play. Tony Chaves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 23rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Daniel Zorita in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tony Chaves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Konstantin Gorobchenko hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 36 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tony Chaves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tony Chaves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 41st minute, Daniel Zorita got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Daniel Zorita made the kick off in the second half. SE Palestra Itália's Bruno Dias was substituted for Caetano Félix. The supporters of Ecuador booed when SE Palestra Itália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caetano Félix didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clayton Sergi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SE Palestra Itália getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Bruno Campon hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, SE Palestra Itália's Bruno Campon got a free kick in the 68th minute. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clayton Sergi in the 71st minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tony Chaves narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Tony Chaves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Clayton Sergi in the 81st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Dias hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Primitivo Andino made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SE Palestra Itália's Adalberto Custódio. Ecuador were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing SE Palestra Itália to leave the ground with a draw.