Challenge

Virginia Bolten
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Denmark's Chris Nygaard started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Acratas Unidos's Matthias Vall was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 6th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Margus Paukson's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Keld Paulsen firmly grabbed it by the left post. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Quin in the 12th minute of the match. A collision led to Acratas Unidos getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Evelio Tino hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthias Vall in the 16th minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andres Firmin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Denmark defense, Enrique Theobald 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 a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Matthias Vall stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Matthias Vall tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 33 minutes into the game, Margus Paukson lined in a short shot 3-0 behind a frustrated Keld Paulsen. Denmark's attentive Lars Steen managed to snatch the ball when Elias Bidun made a throw-in in the 38th minute of the game. Matthias Vall sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 45 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Matthias Vall came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Acratas Unidos's Matthias Vall sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Keld Paulsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The corner led to Acratas Unidos's Aaron Ted getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Matthias Vall made a kick off. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthias Vall in the 54th minute of the match. If Margus Paukson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 62 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Lars Steen. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthias Vall in the 63rd minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Vall in the 65th minute of play. After 67 minutes Denmark's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Elias Bidun who took care of the corner kick. Erasmo Gregory was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 69th minute, Matthias Vall left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Acratas Unidos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Elias Bidun made in the 74th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Denmark's Lars Steen. After 76 minutes, Matthias Vall made it 5-0 with a short kick to the right side. Denmark's Keld Paulsen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Acratas Unidos getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Margus Paukson hit a great ball. Acratas Unidos's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Elias Bidun in the 84th minute. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Vall in the 86th minute of play. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Denmark's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Elias Bidun was slow to take the kick. During this time Acratas Unidos's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Acratas Unidos's corner Elias Bidun fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Keld Paulsen quite easily take care of the ball. Braulio Jorrin made in the 90th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Elias Bidun. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by Denmark's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Elias Bidun was slow to take the kick. During this time Acratas Unidos's players had a chance to rest. The Acratas Unidos fans' excitement grew in the 95th match minute when Acratas Unidos's Matthias Vall looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Margus Paukson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Margus Paukson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.