Challenge

Alçapão da Fronteira
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Geovani Mendonça started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Geovani Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vicente Guimarães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Zorita, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Palmeira in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, E. C. Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Zorita came free, but Vicente Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Vicente Guimarães 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 16th minute. In the 19th minute, Ecuador's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Geovani Mendonça fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 22ndth minute of the game Maicon Palmeira 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. 24 minutes into the match, Maicon Palmeira notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Ecuador's Julio Vera. Julio Vera was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 27th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Daniel Zorita had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vicente Guimarães. E. C. Uruguaiana's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Daniel Zorita was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The supporters of E. C. Uruguaiana booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Primitivo Andino didn't get a good kick on the ball. 38 minutes into the game, Cafu Cruz threw the ball into play from the sideline. Ecuador's Felix Montenegro quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 39th minute, Lei Bin Kuan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The E. C. Uruguaiana fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 43rd 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. In the 47th minute of the game Primitivo Andino made a throw-in which Felix Montenegro played forward.

Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Palmeira in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute of the game Primitivo Andino made a throw-in which Felix Montenegro played forward. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovani Mendonça in the 64th minute of the match. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Ecuador's goalie and right to Maicon Palmeira. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Ecuador's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Daniel Zorita could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Vicente Guimarães made a huge save. In the 75th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77th 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. Julio Vera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Palmeira in the 83rd minute of play. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Palmeira in the 84th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Maicon Palmeira came free, but Julio Vera reached the ball before it rolled over 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 Maicon Palmeira in the 88th minute of play. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Vicente Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 93 minutes of play, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vicente Guimarães was left in no man's land by his defense there!