Challenge

Estádio Canindé
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 任浩默 made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 2nd minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorginho Vaz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Cristian Sancho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorginho Vaz was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. 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 5th minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Portuguesa'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 well-hit corner resulted in Agustín Saelices heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. When Ecuador's Luis Andino in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Portuguesa's goalie prevented a goal. Jorginho Vaz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cristian Sancho's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Portuguesa's zone, Agustín Saelices stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorginho Vaz came out of the goal and Agustín Saelices tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luis Andino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Cristian Sancho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ecuador's supporters rose to their feet, but Cristian Sancho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jorginho Vaz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Agustín Saelices received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Jorginho Vaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julio Vera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Holger Zachrisson, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 25th minute Cristian Sancho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorginho Vaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 任浩默 came free with the goalkeeper in the 27th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Julio Vera could save by the left post. Silvério Bittencourt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 32 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 任浩默 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Julio Vera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Jorginho Vaz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cristian Sancho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Sancho in the 47th minute of play forced Portuguesa's goalkeeper Jorginho Vaz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Daniel Zorita made a kick off. Jorginho Vaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Andino in the 51st minute of the match. Andreas Pirlo kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, 任浩默 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Julio Vera was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 60 minutes into the match, Portuguesa's Holger Zachrisson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Julio Vera narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jorginho Vaz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Sancho in the 61st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Jorginho Vaz in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jorginho Vaz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luis Andino, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute of the match Ecuador got a corner. Portuguesa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Daniel Zorita ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jorginho Vaz made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Agustín Saelices sent off a good shot on target. 68 minutes into the game, Cristian Sancho lined in a short shot 1-1 behind a frustrated Jorginho Vaz. After having played for 72 minutes, Daniel Zorita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ecuador's supporters crossed their fingers, but Daniel Zorita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jorginho Vaz made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Daniel Zorita sent off a good shot on target. Portuguesa made a substitution. Giovani Cavalcante replaced Silvério Bittencourt. After 82 played minutes Portuguesa got a freekick which was hit by Afonso Sampaio. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristian Sancho got free with Jorginho Vaz in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Portuguesa booed when Ecuador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agustín Saelices didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92nd minute, Portuguesa's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Luis Andino fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Felix Montenegro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Portuguesa players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.