Challenge

Leonor Rojas Muñoz
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Martin Petkov took the kick off in the first half of the match. Portugal's Wilson Amorim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Petkov in the 5th minute of play. After 8 minutes of play, Portugal's Felipe Barreto made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Muro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pedro Muro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 12th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the game, Martin Petkov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Wilson Amorim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Petkov, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elazar Quiero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Martin Petkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Belo Berges got a free kick in the 24th minute. Pedro Muro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viriato Moura, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Pedro Muro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Pimentel, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. With an all-out effort, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Wilson Amorim threw himself towards the right post 30 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Flann Flack, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 32 minutes Portugal's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lucio Pekergin who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Lucio Pekergin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wilson Amorim quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Portugal's zone, Martin Petkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal and Martin Petkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ricart Melinao came free with the goalkeeper in the 37th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Wilson Amorim could save by the left post. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elazar Quiero in the 40th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Petkov in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wilson Amorim saved Portugal from getting behind. After a rather tough play, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro José Nogueira got a free kick in the 44th minute. After a rather tough play, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Emanuel Stelea got a free kick in the 46th minute. 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.

♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Arnaldo Aravena was substituted for Flann Flack. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Viriato Moura was the one to do the kick off. Pedro Muro made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Graciano Coutinho sent off a good shot on target. Pedro Muro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Viriato Moura's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. Pedro Muro came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Portugal's Viriato Moura. But to his dismay, Viriato Moura quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. Arnaldo Aravena took the ball and in the 61 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wilson Amorim. Wilson Amorim dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 68th minute of play. A collision led to ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Ricart Melinao hit a great ball. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ made a substitution. Francisco José Garzón replaced Pedro José Nogueira. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ made a substitution. Santiago Hurtado replaced Lucio Pekergin. A collision led to ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Ricart Melinao hit a great ball. Pedro Muro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolomeu Dias, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After having played for 77 minutes, Elazar Quiero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Elazar Quiero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Portugal defense, Arnaldo Aravena kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wilson Amorim. The Portugal fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wilson Amorim should have stopped the shot. In the 86th match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Stelea to maneuver through the defense. Felipinho Amorim might have been able to make a better finish in the 89th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Muro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipinho Amorim ran back to his position shaking his head. Thanks to some nice moves Felipinho Amorim could shoot a difficult shot in the 89th minute, which Pedro Muro however easily saved by the left post. Francisco José Garzón hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s Pedro Muro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ from getting a goal against them. Fabricio Andrade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th match minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elazar Quiero to maneuver through the defense. In the 97th minute, ♞⚽ VIRAO Extreme ♞⚽'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Felipinho Amorim fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Sisebuto Pezoa kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. Portugal's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.