Challenge

SERRA DOURADA
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chris Nygaard made the kick off which started today's match. Bertram Svenningsen scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Norbert Balonek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Goianésia E.C's goal looked a bit too open when Olav Graversen came free, but Norbert Balonek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabi Gol in the 13th minute of play. Norbert Balonek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 14th minute of the match. A well-hit corner resulted in Simon Bendtsen heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A throw-in in the 19th minute of the game was made by Jaime Ferraz with Renatinho Linares as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Goianésia E.C's goalkeeper Norbert Balonek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Norbert Balonek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 23rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 24 minutes, Chris Nygaard put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Norbert Balonek. Norbert Balonek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. The Denmark fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when Denmark's Chris Nygaard looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Simon Bendtsen hit a great ball. Bjarne Kirkegaard kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. João Trigo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Keld Paulsen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. Norbert Balonek stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chris Nygaard's shot from short distance in the 42nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikkel Wulff in the 47th minute of play forced Goianésia E.C's goalkeeper Norbert Balonek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Goianésia E.C defense, Mikkel Wulff kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Norbert Balonek. The Goianésia E.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Norbert Balonek should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gabi Gol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jaime Ferraz hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Chris Nygaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Norbert Balonek made a huge save. Jaime Ferraz made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Renatinho Linares. 73 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Gabi Gol came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Goianésia E.C's Norbert Balonek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chris Nygaard in the 76th minute of play. Chris Nygaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Norbert Balonek made a huge save. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Goianésia E.C's Luiz Fabiano de Sousa. But to his dismay, Luiz Fabiano de Sousa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. After 85 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Chris Nygaard. In the 87thth minute of the game Chris Nygaard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Goianésia E.C's Norbert Balonek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fred Penha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. Mathias Ludvigsen charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mathias Ludvigsen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 96 played minutes Denmark got a freekick which was hit by Mathias Ludvigsen. When the final whistle sounded Denmark left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Goianésia E.C.