Challenge

Arena da Baixada
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Daniel Zorita kicked off to start the match. Gilmar Romero hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Téo Pires got free with Julio Vera in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. Sylwester Zarobski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Sancho in the 12th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Luis Andino had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sylwester Zarobski. Grêmio 20 Julho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luis Andino was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Sylwester Zarobski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of the match. Sylwester Zarobski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sylwester Zarobski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agustín Saelices in the 27th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Grêmio 20 Julho's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Sylwester Zarobski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Grêmio 20 Julho's Sylwester Zarobski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felix Montenegro in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

If Tiaguinho Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valdemar de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. In the 57th minute, Cristian Sancho reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sylwester Zarobski. The goal made the score 0-3. Grêmio 20 Julho's Jânio Pires was substituted for Tiaguinho Saldanha. 61 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Valdemar de Amaral came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jânio Pires fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Valdemar de Amaral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Valdemar de Amaral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar de Amaral in the 68th minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sylwester Zarobski. Grêmio 20 Julho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 75th minute, Felix Montenegro made a precise shot to the right of Sylwester Zarobski. Grêmio 20 Julho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. The supporters of Ecuador booed when Grêmio 20 Julho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Borges didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antonio Arias was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 82 minutes into the match. In the 84th match minute, Grêmio 20 Julho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdir Cavalcante to maneuver through the defense. When Valdemar de Amaral came up free with the goalie in the 95th minute, the Grêmio 20 Julho 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 Valdemar de Amaral couldn't finish the play. The Grêmio 20 Julho fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.