Challenge

Saitama Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Chris Nygaard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Álvaro Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Álvaro Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 9th minute of the match. Júnior Tinoco's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Júnior Tinoco helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Júnior Tinoco hit a great ball. After 13 played minutes, THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's Narciso Nogueira shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Keld Paulsen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA reached it. After 20 played minutes THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA got a freekick which was hit by Egídio Couto. Álvaro Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 21st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Chris Nygaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Álvaro Amaral was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Álvaro Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertram Svenningsen in the 24th minute of the match. Bertram Svenningsen scored 0-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Álvaro Amaral, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Fábio Paraibano hit a great ball. Álvaro Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 27th minute of the match. Álvaro Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. When Júnior Tinoco was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 30 minutes had been played. In the 36th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Álvaro Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 39th minute of the match. If Franklin Schmidt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bertram Svenningsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Álvaro Amaral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mikkel Wulff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Álvaro Amaral having to interfere.

The wind increased when Chris Nygaard made the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Chris Nygaard got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 58th minute Franklin Schmidt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keld Paulsen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's Franklin Schmidt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Keld Paulsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Chris Nygaard might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Álvaro Amaral. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chris Nygaard ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 67th minute, Mathias Ludvigsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Egídio Couto in the 71st minute of play. In the 75th minute, Denmark's Chris Nygaard ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Álvaro Amaral. Álvaro Amaral yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. Bertram Svenningsen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Álvaro Amaral made a huge save. Chris Nygaard in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Álvaro Amaral, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After a defensive mix-up in THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA's zone, Chris Nygaard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Álvaro Amaral came out of the goal and Chris Nygaard tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 94 minutes, Marcinho Zanette mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA and the Denmark players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Denmark booed when THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marcinho Zanette didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle sounded Denmark left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than THESPA KUSATSU GUNMA.