Challenge

Brigadier Lopez
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roman Jacob took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Balendin in the 8th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Saturnino Balendin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keld Paulsen. The Denmark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keld Paulsen should have stopped the shot. Bertram Svenningsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Emilio Bibiano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Denmark 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 Chris Nygaard couldn't finish the play. Sabalero's Emilio Bibiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 19th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Sabalero's zone, Chris Nygaard stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emilio Bibiano 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Saturnino Balendin got free with Keld Paulsen in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sabalero's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chris Nygaard in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emilio Bibiano saved Sabalero from getting behind. Emilio Bibiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertram Svenningsen in the 29th minute of the match. 37 minutes into the match, Julian Demario had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Keld Paulsen. Denmark's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Demario was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. If Julian Demario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Sabalero booed when Denmark was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lars Steen didn't get a good kick on the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Demario came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denmark's Keld Paulsen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Denmark from getting a goal against them.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chris Nygaard stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ermegildo Cibran hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Emilio Bibiano acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 51st minute, took the ball on the long shot from Chris Nygaard. When Sabalero's Saturnino Balendin in the 52nd minute got a chance for a shot 52nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Denmark's goalie prevented a goal. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Roman Jacob kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Keld Paulsen. The Denmark fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Keld Paulsen should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Bertram Svenningsen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Denmark's supporters rose to their feet, but Bertram Svenningsen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emilio Bibiano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th minute Julian Demario 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. Julian Demario sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Sabalero getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Honorio Stephen hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 64th minute of play forced Sabalero's goalkeeper Emilio Bibiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denmark's attentive Olav Graversen managed to snatch the ball when Daniel Perrando made a throw-in in the 66th minute of the game. Sabalero's Emilio Bibiano proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Sabalero from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Nygaard in the 71st minute of play forced Sabalero's goalkeeper Emilio Bibiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emilio Bibiano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Mathias Ludvigsen got a free kick in the 74th minute. When Sabalero's Roman Jacob in the 75th minute got a chance for a shot 75th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Denmark's goalie prevented a goal. Keld Paulsen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roman Jacob, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Denmark's Emilio Bibiano threw himself towards the right post 84 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Chris Nygaard, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Emilio Bibiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars Steen in the 87th minute of play. After 88 minutes Sabalero'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. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sabalero's goalie prevented a goal. Chris Nygaard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Emilio Bibiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 95th minute of the match. For all the effort they put into the match, the Denmark players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Sabalero.