Challenge

Murilo∆Stein Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jonathan Alphonse kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Alvi Verde getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Fabiano Félix hit a great ball. Gesner Philippe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Duarte Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Duarte Couto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raymond Louis went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 11th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, Jonathan Alphonse notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto. Duarte Couto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Felix Dorval fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Haiti's protests and gave Felix Dorval a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Haiti's Felix Dorval got a free kick in the 25th minute. Duarte Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Alphonse, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, Tony de Carvalho threw the ball into play from the sideline. Haiti's Raymond Louis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jonathan Alphonse recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Philippe Ambroise received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Duarte Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Murilo Stein blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Noel Seide having to make a save. Duarte Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernso Constant, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. If Gesner Philippe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernso Constant scored 0-3 in the 46th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Duarte Couto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Germano do Vale was the one to do the kick off. Duarte Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernso Constant in the 56th minute of the match. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 57th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Alvi Verde's goalkeeper Duarte Couto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonathan Alphonse. The throw-in from Felix Dorval in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Alvi Verde's Basílio Mazza. Jean Marie Alcius made in the 73rd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Felix Dorval immediately put the ball in play. Duarte Couto was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jonathan Alphonse showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 75 minute of play. Murilo Stein's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Noel Seide read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. When Philippe Ambroise came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Haiti 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 Philippe Ambroise couldn't finish the play. 81 minutes into the match, Alvi Verde's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Alphonse came free, but Duarte Couto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 83 minutes, Ernso Constant managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Haiti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernso Constant was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alvi Verde's Tony de Carvalho quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raymond Louis, made in the 85th minute of the game. Raymond Louis made in the 86th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Jonathan Alphonse immediately put the ball in play. Jonathan Alphonse received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Duarte Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ernso Constant fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duarte Couto having to interfere. In the 90th minute, Haiti's Ernso Constant dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Jonathan Alphonse might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Duarte Couto. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jonathan Alphonse ran back to his position shaking his head. Jonathan Alphonse scored 0-7 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Duarte Couto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle sounded Haiti left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Alvi Verde.