Challenge

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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Vítor Baia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felipe Barreto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Portugal's Wilson Amorim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Portugal from getting a goal against them. Guido Vissenaeken's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 11thth minute, Wilson Amorim skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Wilson Amorim managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Brugge United's Guido Vissenaeken fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 15th minute, Guido Vissenaeken left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brugge United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. When Brugge United's Guido Vissenaeken in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Portugal's goalie prevented a goal. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Portugal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jaspar Van Den Broeck was slow to take the kick. During this time Brugge United's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to Brugge United getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Dacian Hrean hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caetano Moreira in the 31st minute of play forced Brugge United's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felipe Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 35th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Vissenaeken in the 38th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dacian Hrean made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Bruno Bastos. When Felipe Barreto came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Portugal 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 Felipe Barreto couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 46th minute of play forced Brugge United's goalkeeper Vítor Baia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Portugal's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Felipe Barreto in the 49th minute. Graciano Coutinho made a great header on Portugal's corner, it was just that Brugge United's Vítor Baia managed to reach the ball for a save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Guido Vissenaeken stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Vítor Baia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Caetano Moreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Vissenaeken in the 56th minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 57th minute of the match. Vítor Baia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 58th minute of the match. Felipe Barreto might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vítor Baia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipe Barreto ran back to his position shaking his head. Brugge United made a substitution. Waud Huijbrechts replaced Jaspar Van Den Broeck. Dacian Hrean made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Bruno Bastos. 66 minutes into the match, Guido Vissenaeken had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wilson Amorim. Portugal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guido Vissenaeken was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. In the 74th match minute, Brugge United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandro Gaúcho to maneuver through the defense. Vítor Baia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartolomeu Dias in the 75th minute of play. With his leg Vítor Baia managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Portugal's Felipinho Amorim fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Felipinho Amorim might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vítor Baia. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipinho Amorim ran back to his position shaking his head. Brugge United's Vítor Baia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Brugge United from getting a goal against them. After 87 played minutes Brugge United got a freekick which was hit by Laurențiu Roşculeţ. After 93 minutes Brugge United's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daniel Pimentel who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Portugal's Rodolfo Miranda to fire away a dangerous shot which Vítor Baia despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Brugge United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Portugal for a fine match.