Challenge

ALLIANZ PARQUE
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in OAMOREVERDE's zone, Moises Fernandino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Coutinho came out of the goal and Moises Fernandino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 8th minute, Jonathan Varela hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute, Moises Fernandino 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. Thomás Paranaense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Zorita having to interfere. In the 22nd match minute, OAMOREVERDE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristian Paraense to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in OAMOREVERDE's zone, Moises Fernandino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Coutinho came out of the goal and Moises Fernandino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Valentino Ferrant sped through OAMOREVERDE's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Joel Coutinho. Jonathan Varela kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Moises Fernandino 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. After a defensive mix-up in OAMOREVERDE's zone, Abram Luque stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joel Coutinho came out of the goal and Abram Luque tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. OAMOREVERDE's Joel Coutinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joshua Curbelo in the 41st minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thomás Paranaense to make the kick off. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomás Paranaense, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. OAMOREVERDE's Joel Coutinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save OAMOREVERDE from getting a goal against them. With his leg Joel Coutinho managed to avoid a goal in the 60thth minute, when El Salvador's Moises Fernandino fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Moises Fernandino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Joel Coutinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to OAMOREVERDE getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Jonathan Varela hit a great ball. Moises Fernandino's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 69thth minute, Joel Coutinho skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Joel Coutinho made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Moises Fernandino sent off a good shot on target. 74 minutes into the game, OAMOREVERDE's Marcinho Nunes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ricardo Zorita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. When Moises Fernandino came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the El Salvador 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 Moises Fernandino couldn't finish the play. After having played for 84 minutes, Moises Fernandino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Salvador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Moises Fernandino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Moises Fernandino in the 91stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Joel Coutinho, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. El Salvador's Moises Fernandino got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Varela made in the 94th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Thomás Paranaense. El Salvador's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.