Challenge

Dionisio Fernanco
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. Daniel Pimentel's late challenge caught a Sportivo Ben Hur's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Daniel Pimentel helped the player get up and apologised. Daniel Pimentel kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Jorge Hagi 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. If Jaakob Rahkonen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Teobald Korytkowski scored 1-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wilson Amorim, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 9 minutes into the game, Jorge Hagi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Wilson Amorim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Barreto in the 15th minute of play. Montrell Harrell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano Moreira in the 19th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Viriato Moura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Montrell Harrell was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Jorge Hagi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Wilson Amorim skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 30 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's goal looked a bit too open when Viriato Moura came free, but Montrell Harrell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilson Amorim made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jorge Hagi in the 34th minute. Sportivo Ben Hur's Montrell Harrell played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Caetano Moreira in the 38th minute of play. When Portugal's Felipe Barreto in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sportivo Ben Hur's goalie prevented a goal. Montrell Harrell came out of the goal in the 47th minute to try and stop a shot by Portugal's Caetano Moreira. But to his dismay, Caetano Moreira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jorge Hagi made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Pimentel in the 54th minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Montrell Harrell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 55th minute of the game was made by Jonas Esiquio with Jorge Hagi as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The supporters of Portugal booed when Sportivo Ben Hur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Villegas Ferragudo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 64 minutes, Caetano Moreira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Portugal and the Sportivo Ben Hur players grew even worse after the yellow card. Caetano Moreira hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Wilson Amorim came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Ben Hur's Jorge Hagi. But to his dismay, Jorge Hagi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Montrell Harrell made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipe Barreto in the 73rd minute. Eduardo Arnalt made in the 82nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jorge Hagi. 89 minutes into the match, Portugal's goal looked a bit too open when Anselmo Lluis came free, but Wilson Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 90 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Pimentel came free, but Montrell Harrell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 92 minutes into the game, when Raul Caetano put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Portugal fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 91st minute. Penalty! The referee gave Sportivo Ben Hur a penalty, 94 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Witalis Maruda, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Portugal's Wilson Amorim. 4-2. 98 minutes into the match, Sportivo Ben Hur's goal looked a bit too open when Caetano Moreira came free, but Montrell Harrell reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Montrell Harrell was a little too slow when Felipinho Amorim got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 100th minute. The score was now 4-3. Sportivo Ben Hur were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Portugal for a fine match.