Challenge

Olympia
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Erik Ljusberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Norrlands Athen getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Henrik Stor hit a great ball. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniel Pimentel in the 8th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Faustino Almeida in the 9th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Norrlands Athen's Martin Lundin. 13 minutes into the match, Nicolás Castillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Wilson Amorim. Portugal's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicolás Castillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. With an all-out effort, Norrlands Athen's Wilson Amorim threw himself towards the right post 15 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Erik Ljusberg, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Barreto in the 23rd minute of play. Jacinto da Silveira made in the 25th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Portugal's Graciano Coutinho. Manfred Fribäck came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by Portugal's Viriato Moura. But to his dismay, Viriato Moura quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 28th minute of play. Manfred Fribäck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viriato Moura in the 30th minute of the match. Rodolfo Miranda made in the 32nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Felipe Barreto. A throw-in in the 36th minute of the game was made by Rodolfo Miranda with Caetano Moreira as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Larry Tatum sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viriato Moura in the 43rd minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viriato Moura in the 43rd minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes had been played when some careless play by Norrlands Athen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Felipe Barreto was slow to take the kick. During this time Portugal's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Portugal's corner Graciano Coutinho fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Manfred Fribäck quite easily take care of the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Norrlands Athen's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Pimentel came free, but Manfred Fribäck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Viriato Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice moves Felipe Barreto could shoot a difficult shot in the 51st minute, which Manfred Fribäck however easily saved by the left post. Felipe Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Viriato Moura in the 52nd minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Manfred Fribäck in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Manfred Fribäck in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 62nd minute of play. Wilson Amorim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erik Ljusberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Felipe Barreto got free with Manfred Fribäck in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Norrlands Athen made a substitution. Tord Lundin replaced Qian Zhen Sheng. Norrlands Athen's Gilbert Hermansson was substituted for Nicolás Castillo. Portugal made a substitution. Bartolomeu Dias replaced Viriato Moura. Raul Caetano kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartolomeu Dias in the 86th minute of play forced Norrlands Athen's goalkeeper Manfred Fribäck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacinto da Silveira hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After 90 played minutes Portugal got a freekick which was hit by Graciano Coutinho. 92 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Gilbert Hermansson came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacinto da Silveira hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Norrlands Athen's Manfred Fribäck got control of the ball when Felipinho Amorim tried to sneak it across the goal line.