Challenge

Estádio do Dragão
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The audience thought a goal was coming when Barry Houghton got free with Julio Vera in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Julio Vera managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Dragonf⮊rcE's Barry Houghton fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zacarias Sesimbra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Barry Houghton reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Julio Vera. The goal made the score 1-0. Julio Vera was a little too slow when Barry Houghton got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 2-0. Agustín Saelices's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zacarias Sesimbra read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. In the 31st minute, Primitivo Andino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 34th 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Zacarias Sesimbra 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 35th minute. Zacarias Sesimbra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agustín Saelices, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Zacarias Sesimbra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. 46 minutes into the game, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zacarias Sesimbra made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 52nd minute of the game Primitivo Andino made a throw-in which Agustín Saelices played forward. Dragonf⮊rcE's Zacarias Sesimbra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Dragonf⮊rcE from getting a goal against them. Virgílio Coelho hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the match, Agustín Saelices notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Dragonf⮊rcE's Zacarias Sesimbra. Zacarias Sesimbra was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Felix Montes kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. After 60 played minutes, Dragonf⮊rcE's Virgílio Coelho shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Julio Vera 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 Dragonf⮊rcE reached it. In the 62nd minute, Barry Houghton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dragonf⮊rcE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Dragonf⮊rcE's Ludo Tobbackers was substituted for Herman Dresselbjerg. Dragonf⮊rcE's Zacarias Sesimbra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Dragonf⮊rcE from getting a goal against them. Primitivo Andino made in the 72nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Felix Montenegro immediately put the ball in play. In the 74th minute, Barry Houghton 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Zacarias Sesimbra in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 77th minute of the game. One of Ecuador:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Dragonf⮊rcE:s goal. Pedro Pauleta walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Dragonf⮊rcE's attentive Daniel Antunes managed to snatch the ball when Primitivo Andino made a throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Karin Benzema went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. In the 86th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Dragonf⮊rcE's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Daniel Zorita almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dragonf⮊rcE's Zacarias Sesimbra did a great save. A hard shot 86 in the game by Luis Andino from a close distance when the talented Zacarias Sesimbra managed to make a qualified save. Dragonf⮊rcE's players were relieved. Luis Andino in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zacarias Sesimbra, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Karin Benzema put it in 5-2 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karin Benzema in the 93rd minute of play. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dragonf⮊rcE's goalkeeper Zacarias Sesimbra, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Zacarias Sesimbra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dragonf⮊rcE's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.