Challenge

Arena Furia
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aníbal Motta started the match with the kick off. Philip Boffin 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 4th minute. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Aníbal Motta sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to FURIA FIEL getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Norbert Pócsi hit a great ball. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Napoleon Dzierwa got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 14th minute. The score was now 1-0. Philip Boffin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 21st minute of the match. Aníbal Motta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Aníbal Motta slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 24th minute. In the 28thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FURIA FIEL's Philip Boffin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Knut Henriksson in the 29th minute of play. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wieslaw Klucznik was slow to take the kick. During this time FURIA FIEL's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 33rd minute of play forced FURIA FIEL's goalkeeper Philip Boffin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Philip Boffin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th match minute, FURIA FIEL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Deivid Paulista to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st match minute, FURIA FIEL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Napoleon Dzierwa to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Ecuador's Philip Boffin threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cristian Sancho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 52nd match minute, FURIA FIEL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlinhos Novaes to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in FURIA FIEL's zone, Daniel Zorita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Philip Boffin came out of the goal and Daniel Zorita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Philip Boffin in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Knut Henriksson in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julio Vera saved Ecuador from getting behind. After a rather tough play, FURIA FIEL's Carlinhos Novaes got a free kick in the 64th minute. Philip Boffin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 64th minute. FURIA FIEL's Philip Boffin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save FURIA FIEL from getting a goal against them. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 70th minute after FURIA FIEL's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. Carlinhos Novaes charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Carlinhos Novaes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FURIA FIEL getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Carlinhos Novaes hit a great ball. FURIA FIEL's Philip Boffin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save FURIA FIEL from getting a goal against them. Knut Henriksson might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julio Vera. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Knut Henriksson ran back to his position shaking his head. Primitivo Andino hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Aníbal Motta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Philip Boffin in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. FURIA FIEL were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.