Challenge

Arena de Mira Sintra
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 6 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Cristian Sancho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that João Brites narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 7 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Felix Montenegro. Through an outstanding action, after 8 minutes, Julio Vera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. João Brites showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 9th minute of the match. João Brites showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Zorita in the 12th minute of the match. After 12 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. João Brites was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mira Sintra's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wendy Irama in the 16th minute. Julio Vera didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 秦浩洲 went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 31 minutes into the match, Mira Sintra's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but João Brites reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luis Andino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. João Brites tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vicente Taveira in the 39th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vicente Taveira got free with Julio Vera in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Taveira in the 50th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute, Agustín Saelices made a precise shot to the right of João Brites. Mira Sintra's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. If Daniel Zorita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Taveira, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Canor Posse charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Canor Posse the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Mira Sintra getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Canor Posse hit a great ball. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mira Sintra's João Brites played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Sancho in the 71st minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Zorita got free with João Brites in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Felix Montenegro's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, João Brites skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Amauri van Beek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Mira Sintra getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Aldaír Madureira hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by 秦浩洲 in the 95th minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Despite being the better team, Ecuador failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.