Challenge

Parada do Exército
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Armando Meireles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Ecuador's Julio Vera got control of the ball when Armando Meireles tried to sneak it across the goal line. Armando Meireles received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Armando Meireles slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 9th minute. Petruț Dicu 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 13th minute. In the 16th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petruț Dicu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Soveral in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Soveral came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ecuador's Julio Vera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Ecuador from getting a goal against them. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Carrasqueira was slow to take the kick. During this time Exército Português's players had a chance to rest. Abel Carvalhais kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 30th minute, Gustavo Carrasqueira made a precise shot to the right of Julio Vera. Ecuador's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 38th match minute, Ecuador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agustín Saelices to maneuver through the defense. Gustavo Carrasqueira received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Gustavo Carrasqueira slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 42nd minute. Petruț Dicu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute.

The wind increased when Armando Meireles made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Daniel Zorita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Soveral in the 55th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petruț Dicu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cristian Sancho in the 73rd minute. Cristian Sancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Petruț Dicu made a huge save. Petruț Dicu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 81st minute of the match. Exército Português's Petruț Dicu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 85th minute of play. Exército Português made a substitution. Manuel Flores replaced Armando Meireles. In the 90th minute, Cristian Sancho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ecuador fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after Exército Português's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. The corner ended in Juan Sebastián Puig almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Exército Português's Petruț Dicu did a great save. Ecuador's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Exército Português had won, even though Ecuador had held more of the ball.