Challenge

ESTADIO LA LIBERTAD
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viriato Moura made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd of the match, Nikos Valassiou tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Wilson Amorim got in the way and made a wonderful save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Viriato Moura in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ernesto Monge saved CS La Libertad from getting behind. After 7 played minutes CS La Libertad got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Lobo. Miguel Volio who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 10thth minute tested the skills of Wilson Amorim when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Portugal's Graciano Coutinho got a free kick in the 11th minute. CS La Libertad's Ernesto Monge played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniel Pimentel in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute, CS La Libertad's Nikos Valassiou dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. After some careless play in the CS La Libertad defense, Felipe Barreto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ernesto Monge. The CS La Libertad fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ernesto Monge should have stopped the shot. Portugal's Fabricio Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 40 minutes, Felipe Barreto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Portugal's supporters crossed their fingers, but Felipe Barreto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Felipe Barreto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ernesto Monge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viriato Moura, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute Viriato Moura shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ernesto Monge saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 45 minutes into the game, Viriato Moura cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Ernesto Monge was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Miguel Volio made a kick off. In the 51stth minute of the game Nikos Valassiou 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. A collision led to CS La Libertad getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Rodrigo Lobo hit a great ball. In the 55th minute of the match Omar Guevara shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wilson Amorim showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The throw-in from Tomasz Komanski in the 57th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Portugal's Bruno Bastos. Nikos Valassiou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilson Amorim having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Miguel Volio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilson Amorim was relentless in the 61st minute of the game. Daniel Pimentel hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by CS La Libertad's Nikos Valassiou. But to his dismay, Nikos Valassiou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Portugal:s Wilson Amorim showed great skill when he stopped Nikos Valassiou:s penalty. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikos Valassiou in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wilson Amorim saved Portugal from getting behind. CS La Libertad's Ernesto Monge proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save CS La Libertad from getting a goal against them. After 80 played minutes Portugal got a freekick which was hit by Graciano Coutinho. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. CS La Libertad made a substitution. Agustin Barrantes replaced Nikos Valassiou. Graciano Coutinho hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Ureña in the 83rd minute of play forced Portugal's goalkeeper Wilson Amorim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bruno Bastos hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Marco Ureña's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilson Amorim was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. 96 minutes into the game, Bartolomeu Dias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Ernesto Monge was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Portugal's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.