Challenge

Arena Guará
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chris Nygaard made the kick off which started today's match. Keld Paulsen made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Tiago Gabriel Vieira sent off a good shot on target. 5 minutes into the match, Guará FC's Makan Baksø sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Keld Paulsen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Makan Baksø went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Nelsinho Nascimento took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nelsinho Nascimento stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Chris Nygaard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nelsinho Nascimento was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Chris Nygaard recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Keld Paulsen made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tiago Gabriel Vieira in the 26th minute. Guará FC's Nelsinho Nascimento played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 29th minute of play. Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kristian Beckenbauer's late challenge caught a Denmark's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kristian Beckenbauer helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Kristian Beckenbauer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 34th minute got a chance for a shot 34th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Guará FC's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Makan Baksø took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Keld Paulsen to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Theis Winther got a free kick in the 38th minute. Nelsinho Nascimento showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 45th minute of the match. Lars Steen hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Zé Pedro Baiano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Keld Paulsen made a huge save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tiago Gabriel Vieira to make the kick off. In the 58th minute, Kristian Beckenbauer got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Tiago Gabriel Vieira came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Guará FC 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 Tiago Gabriel Vieira couldn't finish the play. In the 62nd minute, Kristian Beckenbauer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikkel Wulff scored 2-1 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nelsinho Nascimento, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 66th match minute, Denmark was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simon Bendtsen to maneuver through the defense. Mikkel Wulff might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nelsinho Nascimento. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mikkel Wulff ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 70th match minute, Guará FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jordan Radojević to maneuver through the defense. Jordan Radojević hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Makan Baksø hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Bertram Svenningsen might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nelsinho Nascimento. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bertram Svenningsen ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Bertram Svenningsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nelsinho Nascimento was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Makan Baksø in the 88th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Guará FC's zone, Mikkel Wulff stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nelsinho Nascimento came out of the goal and Mikkel Wulff tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 92 minutes into the match, Guará FC's goal looked a bit too open when Mikkel Wulff came free, but Nelsinho Nascimento reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Denmark's zone, Makan Baksø stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal and Makan Baksø tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Guará FC were victorious despite being under pressure from Denmark for much of the match.