Challenge

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Yuri Portugal took the kick off in the first half of the match. Fauna Utd's Radamel Hendrickx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 6th minute of play. Felipe Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 8 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Barreto came free, but Radamel Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Portugal in the 12th minute of the match. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karel Cromefeldt in the 13th minute of the match. 18 minutes into the game, Portugal's Caetano Moreira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Radamel Hendrickx made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The throw-in from Rodolfo Miranda in the 21st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Fauna Utd's Leopold Van den Paenhuysen. After 23 played minutes Fauna Utd got a freekick which was hit by 苏军扬. After 24 played minutes, Portugal's Felipe Barreto shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Radamel Hendrickx came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Portugal reached it. Bruno Bastos made in the 25th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Caetano Moreira. If Yuri Portugal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fauna Utd's Radamel Hendrickx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viriato Moura in the 34th minute of play. Felipe Barreto got a throw-in 41 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Caetano Moreira. 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 Radamel Hendrickx quite easily take care of the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Viriato Moura to strike the kick off in the second half. Portugal were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Fauna Utd's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Felipe Barreto took the corner. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Portugal's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 董文鹰 was slow to take the kick. During this time Fauna Utd's players had a chance to rest. 董文鹰 made a great header on Fauna Utd's corner, it was just that Portugal's Wilson Amorim managed to reach the ball for a save. Wilson Amorim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yuri Portugal in the 58th minute of the match. Fauna Utd's Leopold Van den Paenhuysen quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Felipe Barreto, made in the 62nd minute of the game. Wilson Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leopold Van den Paenhuysen went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 67th match minute, Fauna Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Garaona to maneuver through the defense. Portugal made a substitution. Felipinho Amorim replaced Felipe Barreto. Lorenzo Garaona hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Radamel Hendrickx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartolomeu Dias, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Yuri Portugal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 88th minute Bartolomeu Dias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radamel Hendrickx saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yuri Portugal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 91 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Karel Cromefeldt came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Portugal's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.