Challenge

Lino Quinito
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santiago Flores got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Elite Azulgrana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bartolo Bernebe to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute, José Fossa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute, Chris Nygaard sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Elite Azulgrana's Gaston Gomez didn't even have to move. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Rosario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gaston Gomez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bertram Svenningsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Keld Paulsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Flores in the 15th minute. Segundo Rameriz made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Bartolo Bernebe. Gaston Gomez came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen. But to his dismay, Bertram Svenningsen quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 40th minute, Bertram Svenningsen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Denmark fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidro Lángara in the 46th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chris Nygaard to make the kick off. After 53 minutes Elite Azulgrana's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Chris Nygaard who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Denmark's Chris Nygaard to fire away a dangerous shot which Gaston Gomez despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After some careless play in the Elite Azulgrana defense, Bertram Svenningsen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gaston Gomez. The Elite Azulgrana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gaston Gomez should have stopped the shot. Kenn Skou's late challenge caught a Elite Azulgrana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kenn Skou helped the player get up and apologised. In the 60th minute, Kenn Skou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chris Nygaard's late challenge caught a Elite Azulgrana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chris Nygaard helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th minute, Santiago Flores made a precise shot to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Gaston Gomez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertram Svenningsen in the 71st minute of the match. After 74 minutes of play, Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gaston Gomez was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Elite Azulgrana booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chris Nygaard didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Jaime Casomiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Jaime Casomiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Segundo Rameriz hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Denmark's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.