Challenge

Stadionul Municipal
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Ionică Lucescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ionică Lucescu struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. Wilson Amorim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Kobra TEAM. 7 minutes into the game, Cazimir Corbeanu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kobra TEAM's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Portugal the free kick. In the 7th match minute, Kobra TEAM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cazimir Corbeanu to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Daniel Pimentel made a precise shot to the right of King Junior. Kobra TEAM's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Wilson Amorim made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Ionică Lucescu sent off a good shot on target. Ionel Aelenei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ionică Lucescu came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Kobra TEAM 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 Ionică Lucescu couldn't finish the play. Amauri Lopes kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. After 24 minutes Portugal's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Liviu Cristocea who took care of the corner kick. If Aristides Paiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilson Amorim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ionică Lucescu in the 30th minute of play. Ionică Lucescu in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Wilson Amorim, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Wilson Amorim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Amauri Lopes went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. King Junior made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano Moreira in the 39th minute of play. After 44 minutes of play, Portugal's Caetano Moreira made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. King Junior was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Viriato Moura to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Caetano Moreira in the 54th minute of play forced Kobra TEAM's goalkeeper King Junior to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. King Junior took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viriato Moura, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Kobra TEAM's zone, Felipe Barreto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. King Junior came out of the goal and Felipe Barreto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th of the match, Viriato Moura tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but King Junior got in the way and made a wonderful save. The supporters of Portugal booed when Kobra TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cazimir Corbeanu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Portugal's Bartolomeu Dias was substituted for Viriato Moura. Cazimir Corbeanu hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 68th minute, Portugal's Felipinho Amorim ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind King Junior. King Junior yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-5. Daniel Pimentel might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over King Junior. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Daniel Pimentel ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Portugal's Felipinho Amorim slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of King Junior. That made the score 3-6 after 74 minutes of play. King Junior 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 78th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Felipinho Amorim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of King Junior. Kobra TEAM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Felipinho Amorim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-7. Kobra TEAM made a substitution. Danny King replaced Aristides Paiva. In the 85th minute, Portugal's Felipinho Amorim dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-8. Portugal's Daniel Pimentel quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Laurențiu Butnaru, made in the 92nd minute of the game. Portugal's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.