Challenge

La Cucha
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tincho Palermo started the match with the kick off. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Simbo FC's Tincho Palermo. But to his dismay, Tincho Palermo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Piotr Ostrowski hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute Tincho Palermo 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. In the 14th minute of the match Simbo FC 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. Sabri Ravelli ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Simbo FC's Nestor Sancho to fire away a dangerous shot which Wilson Amorim despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Liviu Gherghescu kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Wilson Amorim stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tincho Palermo's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Wilson Amorim made an important save on a dangerous shot by Piotr Ostrowski in the 20th minute. A throw-in in the 23rd minute of the game was made by Sabri Ravelli with Nestor Sancho as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After 28 played minutes Portugal got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Bastos. In the 31st minute, Viriato Moura left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Portugal fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tincho Palermo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mías Khalifa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Miranda in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Barreto in the 43rd minute of play forced Simbo FC's goalkeeper Mías Khalifa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th match minute, Simbo FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Trinidad to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tincho Palermo. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Viriato Moura stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Caetano Moreira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mías Khalifa having to make a save. Simbo FC's Miliano Sacristán was substituted for Tincho Palermo. Simbo FC made a substitution. Natasha Jain replaced Anselmo Leocadio. Natasha Jain made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Daniel Pimentel. In the 60thth minute of the game Miliano Sacristán who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Portugal's Wilson Amorim was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias was substituted for Viriato Moura. Portugal's Daniel Pimentel managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Natasha Jain in the 71 minute of the game. After 74 minutes of play, Simbo FC's Miliano Sacristán made it 3-1 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! With a little luck, Simbo FC's Mías Khalifa got control of the ball when Felipinho Amorim tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bartolomeu Dias struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Mías Khalifa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Portugal. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.