Challenge

ARENA PEDREGULHO
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Ladislao Petri 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. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Zorita was slow to take the kick. During this time Ecuador's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Felix Montes got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Denílson Munhoz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 11 minutes Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wágner Souto who took care of the corner kick. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Wágner Souto was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Julio Vera in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ladislao Petri, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 22nd minute of play forced P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's goalkeeper Denílson Munhoz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 34 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Denílson Munhoz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Camilo Gisbert made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Felix Montes. 43 minutes into the match, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Montenegro came free, but Denílson Munhoz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denílson Munhoz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 45th minute of the match. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's goalkeeper Denílson Munhoz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniel Zorita. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with Denílson Munhoz in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Ecuador's Cristian Sancho in the 58th minute got a chance for a shot 58th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's goalie prevented a goal. Denílson Munhoz was a little too slow when Daniel Zorita got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 71st minute. The score was now 1-2. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Denílson Munhoz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C from getting a goal against them. Denílson Munhoz was a little too slow when Cristian Sancho got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 1-3. With a little luck, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Denílson Munhoz got control of the ball when Cristian Sancho tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 87 minutes of play, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Yago Balboa made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julio Vera was left in no man's land by his defense there! Denílson Munhoz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Ecuador's Felix Montenegro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-4 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match was over Ecuador could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C throughout the match.