Challenge

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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Santiago Abreu started the match with the kick off. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Sha in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute of the match Celestiales got a corner. Portugal's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jiang Sha ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Celestiales's Santiago Abreu getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Santiago Abreu took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Wilson Amorim to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santiago Abreu got free with Wilson Amorim in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Portugal's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Santiago Abreu 14 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jiang Sha in the 16th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Santiago Abreu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Celestiales's supporters rose to their feet, but Santiago Abreu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilson Amorim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felipe Barreto in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iker Madrid prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With his leg Wilson Amorim managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Celestiales's Santiago Abreu fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Caetano Moreira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Iker Madrid was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Iker Madrid made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Viriato Moura in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute Caetano Moreira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Madrid saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 37 minutes of play, Celestiales's Santiago Abreu made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilson Amorim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Celestiales's Iker Madrid played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Barreto in the 47th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Viriato Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Iker Madrid in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano Moreira in the 55th minute of the match. Florin Simuţ hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Ariel Valiente made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Daniel Pimentel. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Iker Madrid in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wilson Amorim stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santiago Abreu's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Celestiales were awarded a corner in the 63th minute after Portugal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jiang Sha took the corner. In the 66th minute Santiago Abreu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilson Amorim saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Celestiales's Santiago Abreu got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. Celestiales's Eustaquio Eudoxio was substituted for Santiago Abreu. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eustaquio Eudoxio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Celestiales's goalkeeper Iker Madrid, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Iker Madrid showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartolomeu Dias in the 78th minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Eustaquio Eudoxio came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eustaquio Eudoxio in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wilson Amorim prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Caetano Moreira took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iker Madrid. Iker Madrid dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustaquio Eudoxio, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Celestiales had won after a very even match.