Challenge

O Poboado
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Rafa Morado charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafa Morado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Clube Esportivo Saudade's Rafa Morado got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Clube Esportivo Saudade's Wei Chuan Xuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luis Andino in the 4th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Lucas Villanueva put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Julio Vera. Daniel Zorita fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wei Chuan Xuan having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniel Zorita in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wei Chuan Xuan saved Clube Esportivo Saudade from getting behind. When Lucas Villanueva came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Clube Esportivo Saudade 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 Lucas Villanueva couldn't finish the play. A throw-in in the 16th minute of the game was made by Cristian Sancho with Agustín Saelices as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Agustín Saelices fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wei Chuan Xuan having to interfere. Wei Chuan Xuan 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 20th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Villanueva in the 22nd minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Villanueva's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 24thth minute, Julio Vera skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 24 minutes into the game, Lucas Villanueva lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Julio Vera. Julio Vera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Delmiro Figueroa in the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ecuador's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafa Morado was slow to take the kick. During this time Clube Esportivo Saudade's players had a chance to rest. In the 29th minute Lucas Villanueva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julio Vera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Sancho during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After having played for 43 minutes, Lucas Villanueva managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Clube Esportivo Saudade's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucas Villanueva was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daniel Zorita stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Clube Esportivo Saudade's Wei Chuan Xuan got control of the ball when Daniel Zorita tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Zorita came free with the goalkeeper in the 67th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Wei Chuan Xuan could save by the left post. A collision led to Clube Esportivo Saudade getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Ander Lastras hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Clube Esportivo Saudade's Ander Lastras got a free kick in the 74th minute. The audience was convinced that Lucas Villanueva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julio Vera was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Virgilio Ladra made a great header on Clube Esportivo Saudade's corner, it was just that Ecuador's Julio Vera managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Villanueva in the 91st minute of play forced Ecuador's goalkeeper Julio Vera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ecuador's Felix Montes got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Ecuador's Julio Vera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ponc Moreira in the 95th minute of play. Julio Vera came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Clube Esportivo Saudade's Ponc Moreira. But to his dismay, Ponc Moreira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Clube Esportivo Saudade's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.