Challenge

NINHO DOS FALCÕES
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ecuador's Daniel Zorita started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Betinho Lenzi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Julio Vera came out and tried to block the shot, but Betinho Lenzi slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. The audience was convinced that Betinho Lenzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Jiang Yu Lin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 15th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, FALCÕES VERDES's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Montenegro came free, but Jiang Yu Lin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as FALCÕES VERDES's Betinho Lenzi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Julio Vera. That made the score 2-0 after 18 minutes of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Felix Montenegro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Felix Montenegro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jiang Yu Lin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to FALCÕES VERDES getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Juvenal Urbano hit a great ball. In the 27thth minute of the game Betinho Lenzi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ecuador's Julio Vera was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 28th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiang Yu Lin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jiang Yu Lin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, FALCÕES VERDES's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but Jiang Yu Lin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Betinho Lenzi in the 37th minute. Jiang Yu Lin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Sancho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 42 played minutes FALCÕES VERDES got a freekick which was hit by Emre Çeliksu. Cristian Sancho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jiang Yu Lin having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Betinho Lenzi to make the kick off. Jiang Yu Lin 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 54th minute. After 57 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jiang Yu Lin was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 62nd minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vivaldo Ferreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julio Vera having to interfere. Jiang Yu Lin made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Jiang Yu Lin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Zorita in the 68th minute. After some careless play in the Ecuador defense, Betinho Lenzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julio Vera. The Ecuador fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julio Vera should have stopped the shot. FALCÕES VERDES's Teodosio Leobardo was substituted for Dennis Maranzano. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Betinho Lenzi in the 77th minute of play. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 86th minute of play forced FALCÕES VERDES's goalkeeper Jiang Yu Lin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the match, FALCÕES VERDES's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Andino came free, but Jiang Yu Lin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Betinho Lenzi managed to get in a good position for a shot. FALCÕES VERDES's supporters rose to their feet, but Betinho Lenzi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julio Vera breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jiang Yu Lin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luis Andino in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94th match minute, FALCÕES VERDES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vivaldo Ferreira to maneuver through the defense. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. FALCÕES VERDES were victorious despite being under pressure from Ecuador for much of the match.