Challenge

La Bernalesa
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Viriato Moura made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 played minutes Villa La Perla got a freekick which was hit by Roque Telmo. Franco Sampler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano Moreira in the 10th minute of play. In the 10thth minute of the game Caetano Moreira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Villa La Perla's Franco Sampler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Viriato Moura had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Felipe Barreto might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Franco Sampler. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Felipe Barreto ran back to his position shaking his head. Franco Sampler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Barreto in the 12th minute of the match. Portugal's Wilson Amorim played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Piara Batistuta in the 15th minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Piara Batistuta heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. The audience was convinced that Piara Batistuta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilson Amorim was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Portugal's defense didn't have a chance, in the 27th minute, when Piara Batistuta scored to the left of an out of position Wilson Amorim, making the score, 2-1. After 31 minutes of play, Villa La Perla's Piara Batistuta made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wilson Amorim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Faustino Almeida got a throw-in 35 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Daniel Pimentel. Portugal were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Villa La Perla's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felipe Barreto took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Faustino Almeida managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Piara Batistuta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54thth minute of the game Felipe Barreto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Villa La Perla's Franco Sampler was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Franco Sampler made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Felipe Barreto sent off a good shot on target. Franco Sampler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 61st minute of the match. Villa La Perla's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Felipe Barreto scored to the left of an out of position Franco Sampler, making the score, 3-3. In the 66th minute Daniel Pimentel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Franco Sampler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. Portugal's Felipinho Amorim was substituted for Felipe Barreto. Wilson Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piara Batistuta, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the game, Rolando Che threw the ball into play from the sideline. Portugal's Bruno Bastos quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The nice shot from Felipinho Amorim in the 81stth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Franco Sampler had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. Villa La Perla's Placido Paul was substituted for Piara Batistuta. Faustino Almeida made in the 85th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Faustino Almeida. Franco Sampler made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipinho Amorim in the 88th minute. After 93 minutes, Placido Paul made it 4-4 with a short kick to the right side. Portugal's Wilson Amorim tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.