Challenge

D. Nuno Álvares Pere
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Daniel Zorita made the kick off which started today's match. Ye Sang's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. G.D Vitória de Sernache were awarded a corner in the 8th minute after Ecuador's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Paras Burr took the corner. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Juan Sebastián Puig got a free kick in the 9th minute. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye G.D Vitória de Sernache's goalie prevented a goal. After 22 minutes, Guido Mista made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Ecuador's Julio Vera tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Guilherme Prada tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Ecuador's zone, Dionisio Frasco stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Julio Vera came out of the goal and Dionisio Frasco tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute, Guido Mista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G.D Vitória de Sernache fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Guilherme Prada took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Daniel Zorita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 36 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. Guilherme Prada was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to G.D Vitória de Sernache getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. António Pedro hit a great ball. G.D Vitória de Sernache's Guilherme Prada played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Zorita in the 43rd minute of play. Paras Burr kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Guido Mista made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Cristian Sancho took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Guilherme Prada to make any attempt to save it. 57 minutes into the match, Antonio Arias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Guilherme Prada. G.D Vitória de Sernache's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Antonio Arias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Dionisio Frasco took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Julio Vera. Julio Vera dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. After 87 played minutes G.D Vitória de Sernache got a freekick which was hit by Paras Burr. In the 88th minute, Guido Mista 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 crowd rose to their feet as Daniel Zorita kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Guilherme Prada. That made the score 4-5 in the 90 minute of play. In the 94th minute, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-6. Ecuador's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.