Challenge

Murilo∆Stein Arena
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jaime Pardo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Paraguay's Jaime Pardo got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Jaime Pardo came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Paraguay fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jaime Pardo couldn't finish the play. 8 minutes into the match, Alvi Verde's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Pardo came free, but Duarte Couto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Couto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Primitivo Escribano went, in the 9th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Duarte Couto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 15th minute of the match. If Hector Covarrubias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hector Covarrubias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duarte Couto having to interfere. 26 minutes into the game, Paraguay's Jaime Pardo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Duarte Couto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Pardo in the 29th minute of play forced Alvi Verde's goalkeeper Duarte Couto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Diego Tenorio made in the 30th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Hector Covarrubias however managed to control. Duarte Couto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaime Pardo went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. In the 34th minute, Jaime Pardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th minute, Jaime Pardo made a precise shot to the right of Duarte Couto. Alvi Verde's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Duarte Couto didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Paraguay's Jaime Pardo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-6 in the ordered_time% minute. Duarte Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime Pardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Murilo Stein made a kick off. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Alvi Verde from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto got control of the ball when Primitivo Escribano tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jaime Pardo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Duarte Couto came out and tried to block the shot, but Jaime Pardo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 58th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jaime Pardo in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Duarte Couto saved Alvi Verde from getting behind. Duarte Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hector Covarrubias, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Primitivo Escribano received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Duarte Couto came out and tried to block the shot, but Primitivo Escribano slotted it home off the left post making it 0-9 in the 67th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Jaime Pardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Duarte Couto. Alvi Verde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jaime Pardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-10. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 74th minute of play. Oséas Loyola kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. A throw-in in the 77th minute of the game was made by Alan Campos with Hector Covarrubias as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Hector Covarrubias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Hector Covarrubias took a quick shot and it went in 0-11 without a chance for Duarte Couto to make any attempt to save it. After 84 minutes, Jaime Pardo made it 0-12 with a short kick to the right side. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Duarte Couto made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Primitivo Escribano sent off a good shot on target. Hector Covarrubias recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hector Covarrubias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Duarte Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, Hector Covarrubias made a precise shot to the right of Duarte Couto. Alvi Verde's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-13. Alvi Verde's Duarte Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime Pardo in the 96th minute of play. When the match was over Paraguay could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Alvi Verde throughout the match.