Challenge

Nova Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chris Nygaard took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 4 minutes of play, Nova Soccer's Donat Collier made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Keld Paulsen was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 7th match minute, Nova Soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Manuel Vargas to maneuver through the defense. Mikkel Wulff sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mikkel Wulff recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 20th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurilio Duque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keld Paulsen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donat Collier, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 26 minutes, Zenaido Aramoyana mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nova Soccer and the Denmark players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zenaido Aramoyana kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Mikkel Wulff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurilio Duque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Mikkel Wulff made a precise shot to the right of Maurilio Duque. Nova Soccer's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 29 minutes into the game, Simon Bendtsen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Denmark's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Nova Soccer the free kick. Simon Bendtsen hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Keld Paulsen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Donat Collier's shot from short distance in the 31st minute. Donat Collier 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. 42 minutes into the match, Nova Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Chris Nygaard came free, but Maurilio Duque reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nova Soccer's Maurilio Duque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 44th minute of play. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Donat Collier to make the kick off. If Eusko Zubicoeta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chris Nygaard hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Donat Collier's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 64th 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. Dantel Ayllon kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Nova Soccer made a substitution. German Galban replaced Kismi Abar. After a rather tough play, Nova Soccer's Dantel Ayllon got a free kick in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 70th minute of play forced Nova Soccer's goalkeeper Maurilio Duque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After taking down the ball on Denmark's corner Chris Nygaard fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Maurilio Duque quite easily take care of the ball. In the 72nd minute Simon Bendtsen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maurilio Duque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mikkel Wulff had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Maurilio Duque made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Chris Nygaard sent off a good shot on target. In the 89th minute, Juan Manuel Vargas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nova Soccer's Maurilio Duque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 92nd minute of play. Denmark's Lars Steen got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Chris Nygaard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.