Challenge

Municipal Canarinhos
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jorge Esteves got the match started through his kick off. Cristian Sancho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. António Brochado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ecuador's Cristian Sancho got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Daniel Zorita came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Ecuador 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 Daniel Zorita couldn't finish the play. Ecuador's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Zorita in the 13th minute. Daniel Zorita made a great header on Ecuador's corner, it was just that CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS's António Brochado managed to reach the ball for a save. António Brochado 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 15th minute. Laureano Rego who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 16thth minute tested the skills of Julio Vera when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Daniel Zorita sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 26 played minutes Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Luis Andino. António Brochado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Zorita in the 27th minute of play. Felix Montes hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustín Saelices in the 35th minute of play forced CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS's goalkeeper António Brochado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute Daniel Zorita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but António Brochado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. António Brochado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 43 minutes, Agustín Saelices managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Agustín Saelices was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44thth minute of the game Daniel Zorita who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS's António Brochado was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jorge Esteves who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 45thth minute tested the skills of Julio Vera when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

António Brochado was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Daniel Zorita showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 55 minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, Ecuador's Daniel Zorita sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that António Brochado narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 60 minutes into the match, CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS's goal looked a bit too open when Cristian Sancho came free, but António Brochado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with António Brochado in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luis Andino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but António Brochado read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 64th minute of play. Pedro Soeiro kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute, Raimundo Vilarinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Jorge Esteves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Esteves in the 76th minute of the match. Cristian Sanchos short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got António Brochado to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Ecuador were awarded a corner in the 78th minute after CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Daniel Zorita took the corner. After taking down the ball on Ecuador's corner Daniel Zorita fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and António Brochado quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Cristian Sancho put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of António Brochado. António Brochado came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Ecuador's Daniel Zorita. But to his dismay, Daniel Zorita quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Daniel Zorita took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised António Brochado. António Brochado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. António Brochado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 92nd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Ecuador's Agustín Saelices slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of António Brochado. That made the score 0-6 after 94 minutes of play. The CANARINHOS DE ALCAINS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Ecuador were clearly better and deserved to take the win.